As soon as Su Rong descended from the city wall, she saw Ning Ze below, gazing at the city gate trembling violently under the bombardment. He seemed flustered.
She called out to him, "Ning Ze."
Ning Ze turned around with bloodshot eyes, "Princess, it’s too dangerous for you to go out and fight."
He feared for Su Rong’s safety.
She placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder, "Don’t worry, I still want to live. You just focus on overseeing the backline."
Ning Ze gritted his teeth and nodded. He knew he would only be a burden if he went out to fight. His modest martial arts skills were not of any great use. Even Zhang Mao and Jiang Zhu were stronger than him. During the defense of Nanping City, he had been saved several times, and now he could only focus on what he did best.
He stomped his feet and then ran away immediately.
Ye Guixue quickly descended from the city wall and said to Su Rong, "Gather all the guards, we need to discuss our strategy quickly."
Su Rong nodded, about to send someone to fetch Fen Ling. But she saw Fen Ling arriving on horseback already.
Fen Ling had just closed his eyes for less than half an hour when he heard the sounds of Dawei attacking the city. He leaped up from his bed, rushed out of the door, mounted his horse, and arrived at the city gate.
Upon arrival, he could hear the constant booming sounds, and the city gate was shaking as if it could not stand the pressure of the bombardment.
His expression changed, and he hurried over to Su Rong to inquire, "Sister, what’s going on? What are they using to attack us? It’s so violent!"
"Dawei’s specially designed siege cannon." Su Rong explained to him, "It’s very powerful and there are six of them. They must be destroyed. I was just about to send someone to fetch you."
"Dawei has started their siege, there is no way I could sleep." Fen Ling looked at the shaking city gate, "Sister, what do we do? Should we go out and destroy these cannons?"
Su Rong nodded, "We need to go out, but I observed earlier that each siege cannon is guarded by several Masters. We need to have enough Masters on our side. Also, we need to have strong enough weapons that can cut through iron or slice through gold to destroy these cannons. It’s difficult."
"Such powerful siege cannons?" Fen Ling was surprised, he had never heard of them before. But he quickly added, "We need to find a way to destroy them quickly. No matter how strong the city gate is, it won’t be able to withstand such bombardment."
Su Rong nodded. She couldn’t just stand by and watch the six cannons continuously bombard the city gate. If they did not act, in half an hour, the city gate would surely be breached. Once Dawei breaks through the city gate of Heiya Pass, they would be overwhelmed by the disparity in forces and would have to retreat. Then they would be pursued and attacked by the soldiers of Dawei, and they would lose Nanchu Country.
This was not possible.
Su Rong would never hand over Nanchu to Dawei.
Fen Ling said, "Sister, the Broken Snow Sword in your hand can cut through iron, and the Breezy Sword in my hand, although it can’t cut through iron, it is a good sword and it can be of some use. Yin Yue also has the sword called Moon Slayer, which is a famous weapon listed in the weapons books."
After he finished speaking, he looked towards Ye Guixue, "I have not seen the sword of Second Young Master Ye..."
"My sword should also work, it’s called Falling Petals Sword." Ye Guixue said.
"That’s good." Fen Ling’s eyes lit up as he remembered something, and he hesitated a bit, "But Brother-in-law has not fully recovered. He can hardly walk without assistance and can’t handle a sword anymore. If he hadn’t been injured, he could have easily destroyed two of the siege cannons."
"He may not be considered, but his sword could be used by others." Su Rong would not allow Zhou Gu to leave the city.
"What do you mean, ’He may not be considered’?" Zhou Gu, along with Zhang Yun and Xie Yuan, rode over when he heard Su Rong talking about him, and asked immediately.
Su Rong turned to look at him and frowned, "What are you doing out of bed, you’re both injured?"
Zhou Gu responded, "I’m fine."
"Stop messing around, go back." Su Rong knew well that he was not fully recovered. He could hardly walk without assistance just yesterday. Today he probably rushed to the city gate because he heard about Dawei’s fierce attack.
"I won’t go back." Zhou Gu remained on his horse without moving.
Su Rong’s face went rigid, "Don’t force me to have someone tie you up and take you back."
Zhou Gu was instantly angered, "I said I can do it. My injury is almost healed. Don’t treat me like a useless person."
"What is this thing that’s launching the siege? It’s so powerful?" Zhang Yun suddenly asked in amazement.
"Siege cannon." Ye Guixue explained the shape, appearance, and power of the siege cannon.
Zhou Gu’s expression darkened, and he said to Su Rong, "So all of you standing here are planning to go out and destroy these six siege cannons?"
Fen Ling quickly said, "Brother-in-law, I’m here too. I’m standing here, I’m so big, can’t you see me?"
Don’t only look at your sister’s ex-fiancé. That required a lot of concern.
Zhou Gu choked and glared at Fen Ling, "Tell me, what’s their plan?"
Fen Ling did not dare not answer. He spoke out their plan of going out with the guards to destroy the six cannons with their iron-cutting weapons, including the Breezy Sword in his hand.
Satisfied that his sword was not excluded, Zhou Gu’s mood improved a bit. He said to Su Rong "I will go with you." Not waiting for Su Rong’s refusal, he said firmly "I must go with you. Su Rong, I dare you to exclude me."
Su Rong wanted to say, what’s wrong with excluding you, a man who has not yet recovered from his wounds? But looking at Zhou Gu’s determined face, she knew that arguing with him would be a waste of time. If she really had him tied up, he would probably be furious, and would likely never forgive her.
She remained silent.
Zhou Gu dismounted and quickly walked to her side, "See, I can walk, I can move, I don’t need anyone’s help."
At this time, Zhang Yun also dismounted and walked briskly to them, "Brother Zhou Gu is right, and I am also here, I am healed."
Su Rong looked at the two. They could indeed walk. It was not yet clear whether they were fully healed, but it wasn’t the appropriate time for that argument. So, she sighed and nodded, "Alright."
Zhou Gu’s lips curled up; at last, he felt somewhat relieved. He unfastened the Breezy Sword around his waist and threw it to Zhang Yun, "You use my sword. My double-handed sword can also cut through iron. Your sword is not fine enough."
Zhang Yun was a son born of a concubine. Although he was not short of money and had many skills, he had not dared to show off when he was in the Zhang family. So, he didn’t have any iron-cutting swords. There weren’t too many such swords in the world anyway.
So, he gladly accepted it, "Thank you, Brother Zhou Gu."
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