The World is Shocked 92. Swords across the sky, gathering together
Contrary to the slow pace of the previous few days, the rebels became impatient. They started attacking the city before dawn, and the attack became more and more fierce as the sky gradually brightened. I believe that if there was not enough space outside Yonglin City for so many troops, Mo Jingli would definitely want to bring all the hundreds of thousands of troops to besiege this small city.
Two thousand Black Cloud Cavalry would not be much more useful than two thousand border city garrisons for defending the city. By noon, the remaining defenders in Yonglin City were already exhausted. The city gates began to shake under the continuous attacks of the rebels.
"Wang... Master Xu, we can't hold on any longer. You should leave first!" Xia Shu, covered in blood and exhausted, stood in front of Ye Li, "And brothers from the Black Cloud Cavalry, defending the city is our job. We are grateful to you for being able to hold on for so many days."
"Go?" Ye Li raised her eyebrows. "Where can we go now? There are hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city."
"The 2,000 Black Cloud Cavalry are not injured. Being trapped in the city is just like being trapped in a shallow beach. As long as they get out of the city, they will definitely be able to kill their way out." Xia Shu said. Ye Li pointed at the people behind him and said, "Ask them if they want to leave?" Standing behind Ye Li were the murderous Black Cloud Cavalry leader Qin Feng and An Er and An San. Qin Feng said solemnly: "The Black Cloud Cavalry originally existed to defend the Great Chu. If we abandon the city and the soldiers guarding it and leave, we brothers can only apologize in front of the Black Cloud Cavalry soldiers when we return." An San smiled at Xia Shu and said: "We are the secret guards. We will go wherever the master is." Xia Shu stared at the person in front of him, and felt a dry and stinging pain in his eyes. He gritted his teeth and said: "It's not worth it!" Let Yonglin City bury a Princess Dingguo and two thousand Black Cloud Cavalry. Such a price...
An San patted Xia Shu's shoulder and said with a smile: "If Yonglin City is really breached, we will fight to the death to protect you and get out. We can break through by then. Life and death are determined by fate. What's the point of abandoning the city and running away now? It would be better to abandon the city a few days ago, so that so many people would not die?"
Xia Shu was stunned for a moment, slapped An San's hand away and turned away, "Whatever you want!"
An San shrugged and said helplessly to the people behind him: "He seems shy?" An Er helplessly patted his third brother who was having a seizure from time to time. He is on the battlefield now, okay?
Seeing the city gate begin to crack under the heavy impact, Ye Li sighed helplessly. In the end, there was still no time for reinforcements to arrive. "Black Cloud Cavalry, get ready!"
"Yes!" The few remaining guards on the tower were handed over to him. The two thousand Black Cloud Cavalry were ready below the tower, like an arrow drawn from a bow ready to be shot at any time. Ye Li turned around and nodded to Xia Shu and Yun Ting standing on the tower. With a wave of his hand, the city gate collapsed to the ground. Before the rebels outside the city had time to rush in, the black iron cavalry rushed out like a whirlwind, and blood flew up to the sky wherever they went.
"Your Majesty, they are here. The Black Cloud Riders!" Behind the army, Mo Jingli sat high on his horse and stared closely at the situation on the battlefield. Without being reminded by the people around him, he naturally saw the groups of sturdy black figures.
"As expected of the Black Cloud Cavalry..." The generals beside him couldn't help but sigh. If there was an army like this, why would they worry about the unrest in the world? Even though they were now considered enemies, they couldn't hide their admiration when they saw such an elite.
Mo Jingli sneered, "Finally they came out." With a wave of his hand, the two fresh troops that had not participated in the battle rushed into the battlefield, "It is said that the Black Cloud Cavalry is good at charging and attacking. I wonder what you can do with so many people!" The Yonglin City, which was not big to begin with, was overcrowded with people because of the addition of these two troops, and the war horses could not be used at all. The Black Cloud Cavalry obviously understood this truth, and soon all abandoned their war horses and merged into the chaotic army. It is naturally a mantis trying to stop tens of thousands of people with two thousand people, but there is only a small space at the city gate, and it is impossible for tens of thousands of people to rush in at the same time, so for a while, the two armies were still confronting and entangled at the city gate. Even if a few rebels occasionally rushed in, they were quickly killed by the guards in the city gate.
"Who is that person?" Mo Jingli, who was watching the battle, suddenly pointed at a particularly petite black figure in the chaos and asked. He was wearing the same black cloud pattern uniform as all the Black Cloud Cavalry, but his skills and movements were completely different from those of the Black Cloud Cavalry. If the movements of the Black Cloud Cavalry were vigorous and agile, his movements were very simple and brutal. No moves could be seen at all, but a soldier fell down in front of him in almost every simple movement. Whether it was an ordinary soldier or a general leading the troops, there seemed to be no difference under his command.
"That is..." Everyone was silent, and no one knew who that person was. Because except for being shorter and more agile, there was no obvious difference between him and other Black Cloud Cavalry. Staring at the powerful figure in the chaos, Mo Jingli's dark eyes gradually narrowed. That figure gave him a strange sense of familiarity. After a long time, he finally uttered a name with gritted teeth, "Ye Li!" The military advisor next to him was stunned, and quickly looked at the person in the chaos, and said in surprise: "The prince said that was Princess Ding?!" Mo Jingli ignored his question and pointed the whip in his hand forward, "Catch that person alive, and this king will reward a thousand taels of gold!"
"yes!"
Although the Black Cloud Cavalry stopped the rebels at the city gate, it was clear that the towers could no longer defend effectively. Many rebels had already climbed up the city walls and fought with the defenders on the city walls. Ye Li also felt the obvious pressure at the foot of the city. He slashed away a rebel who rushed up to him with his sword, and then turned around and stabbed the throat of another rebel who rushed up from behind with his sword. An Er and An San came over, and An Er whispered, "Young Master, it's time to retreat." An San swung his sword, drawing a streak of blood, and said, "Has Mo Jingli discovered the princess? Why do I feel that the people coming here now don't seem like ordinary soldiers?" These people around them obviously have a good foundation in martial arts, and are more difficult to deal with than ordinary soldiers.
Ye Li was helpless, but the fall of Yonglin City was a foregone conclusion. It would be meaningless for the Black Cloud Cavalry to sacrifice themselves at this time. They had been at the city gate for nearly an hour, and the people at Broken Snow Pass must have received the news, "Black Cloud Cavalry, withdraw from the battlefield!"
"Yes. Team one, team two, and team three will cover the rear, and everyone else will retreat!" Qin Feng ordered loudly.
"Want to run?!" Mo Jingli could see the situation on the battlefield from a distance. The Black Cloud Cavalry was good at charging, hiding, and escaping. The terrain near Yonglin was complicated. Once they left the battlefield, they would be hard to catch. But at the beginning, the Black Cloud Cavalry did not really rush to the center of the rebellion. They just blocked the city gate to prevent them from moving forward. At this time, upon receiving the order, they immediately retreated to the left and right and into the city. There were also archers who stayed behind to block them. Even if the rebels were unwilling, they could only watch them swiftly leave the battlefield. Mo Jingli snorted coldly, turned around and drew the bow and arrow on the horse's back, drew the arrow, and aimed at the cute black shadow in the rebellion.
In the fight, Ye Li clearly sensed a dangerous aura. She turned her head and looked far away, only to see Mo Jingli's sinister eyes and the sharp arrow that had been released from the string. If it were normal, Ye Li would not have worried about not being able to dodge the arrow, but now she was being entangled by several rebels and had no way to dodge. An San screamed in surprise and immediately rushed over. Ye Li cursed in her heart, and threw the hand holding a rebel's lying knife in the direction of An San's rush. During this turn and swing, her left arm felt a burning pain, and the sharp arrow behind her was already close at hand.
"Young Master!"
"Swoosh!" A white feather arrow with a brilliant golden light broke through the air. Mo Jingli's arrow hit the arrow three feet in front of Ye Li and fell to the ground. The feather arrow seemed to be unaffected, piercing through the body of a rebel and shooting into the chest of another. The man stared at the feather arrow that was halfway into his chest with his eyes wide open in disbelief, as if he couldn't understand how an arrow could shoot out from behind his comrade and shoot him through. Ye Li was also stunned by this amazing arrow, but he immediately forgot about it and turned around to kick down a rebel who seemed to be sneaking up.
"Oh my god..." An Er and An San couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Just now, An San rushed over but was blocked by the person thrown by Ye Li. He almost thought that the arrow was going to shoot at the princess. At this moment, he was shocked and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and quickly moved towards Ye Li.
"Golden-feathered arrow?! It's the prince!" The Heiyunqi, who was left behind, couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw the golden arrow tail exposed on the man who fell straight down.
Mo Jingli missed his target with an arrow and was furious. He picked up his bow and was about to shoot again, but suddenly the ground began to shake and the sound of horses' hooves was like thunder. Mo Jingli sneered and said, "We've played this trick before. Do you want to play it again?"
"No... No, Your Majesty!" The military advisor beside him had a pale face, pointing to the smoke and dust in the distance and shouting, "This time it's real!" The black iron cavalry came like a black cloud, with sharp roars and golden flames shooting into the sky. The black cloud cavalry, which had already evacuated the battlefield, turned back to the battlefield after seeing the golden flames in the sky. I don't know when the ink-colored figures appeared on the surrounding hills at the same time. The first one was riding a white horse and holding a silver spear, and the white clothes were swaying. A silver mask covered half of his face, but the other half was full of flying eyebrows, handsome and unparalleled. The originally gentle eyes were now filled with a sharp aura that made people dare not look directly at them, and they flowed gently over Ye Li's body. Ye Li only felt a shudder in her heart, and at the same time she breathed a sigh of relief.
The man in white pulled the reins, and the white horse leaped down the hill and rushed into the chaotic army as if it flew into the air. No one dared to stop him along the way. "Black Cloud Riders, listen to my orders! Those who plot treason and betray the country will be killed without mercy!" The deep voice with inner strength spread throughout the battlefield.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The echoes were deafening all around.
For a moment, the entire battlefield seemed to freeze. Everyone forgot that this was still a battlefield full of guns and swords, and could only stare blankly at the man in white in the chaos. A name was about to come out in their hearts...
"Mo Xiuyao... How is this possible?!" Mo Jingli stared fiercely at the scene in front of him, his eyes full of disbelief, "Drum roll, kill!"
Boom boom boom!
The sound of war drums rang heavily, as if knocking on everyone's heart. The rebels rushed towards the man in white with trembling hearts. What they were facing... was the invincible god of war of the Great Chu! Mo Xiuyao raised his eyebrows, looking disdainful. The silver spear in his hand drew a stunning silver arc, and the tip brought out patches of gorgeous blood. Countless feather arrows on the hilltop intertwined into a dazzling arrow net. Black Cloud Cavalry was famous for his archery skills. Facing such a rain of arrows, let alone an effective counterattack, the rebels even lost the courage to raise their bows and arrows. There was also a huge army behind them. In just a moment, the army of hundreds of thousands was already on the verge of defeat.
As soon as Mo Xiuyao appeared, Ye Li retreated back to Yonglin City. After clearing out the rebels who had just entered the city with Heiyunqi, he stood on the city wall and looked at the scene below. All eyes were involuntarily focused on the man in white clothes as white as snow. The white clothes and silver spear, like a swimming dragon. Wherever he went, the rebels retreated and did not dare to fight him. Ye Li once heard Xu Qingchen's evaluation that when he was a teenager, Mo Xiuyao was as dazzling as fire, but after the great change, the young Mo Xiuyao was as calm as water, but there was a shocking dark tide. And now Mo Xiuyao... is like a peerless sword that has been tempered and hidden for a thousand years and suddenly appeared out of nowhere. The sharp edge and murderous aura gradually faded, but the elegance and grace that came from countless trials and tribulations still attracted the attention of the world.
"King Ding... King Ding?" Yun Ting leaned weakly against the parapet, not caring about the blood stains on his face, and looked longingly at the figures coming and going under the city.
Xia Shu stood beside him, his face full of relief, "Obviously it is."
"So... So we have waited for the reinforcements? We have defended Yonglin City?" Yun Ting's voice had a hint of unreality, and for a moment it seemed impossible to tell whether it was a dream or reality.
An San chuckled, patted his shoulder and consoled him: "Congratulations, Captain Yun. You will be promoted later." Yun Ting ignored him, blinked and looked eagerly at Ye Li on the side, but unfortunately Ye Li was staring at the city and had no time to pay attention to him.
This battle did not last too long. After half an hour, the rebels began to retreat to the east. Looking at the rebels retreating like a tide, Yun Ting was speechless, "What...what does this mean?" Are these rebels picking on the weak? When he didn't see that many people ran away without fighting with the Black Cloud Cavalry, what was the point of fighting with them these days? An San smiled and said, "Captain Yun, don't be sad. Not to mention the reinforcements, even if our prince stood there alone, those guys would not dare to cross the line. This...is called momentum. Others can't learn it." The fact that Prince Ding was standing intact at the gate of Yonglin City was enough to scare most people. Why fight?
"When will I be able to have this kind of momentum?" Yun Ting murmured.
"Take it easy. If you could kill twenty generals and defeat three hundred thousand enemies when you were fifteen or sixteen, you should have the same momentum now." An San consoled him insincerely.
Ye Li was too lazy to listen to their nonsense, so she turned around and prepared to go down the tower, but was grabbed by Murong Ting who had come back at some point. Ye Li frowned, "Murong, why are you back again?" Murong Ting snorted, looked down at the city and smiled, "Prince Ding is here with reinforcements, I'd be a fool if I didn't come back. No... you kidnapped me, I didn't leave at all!" Ye Li waved her hand nonchalantly and said, "Let's talk about this later, I'm going down first."
"Aiya..." Murong Ting hurriedly grabbed her and ran down while saying, "Are you a woman? That's Prince Ding down there... Prince Ding! And he's your husband, can't you change your clothes before going to greet him? Look at what you're wearing now? If Tianxiang and Zheng'er were here, they would definitely punish you to death." Ye Li couldn't help but frown. No matter how cheerful Murong was, she was still a girl. She actually had time to think about these questions at this time. "Murong, this is a battlefield."
"What's wrong with the battlefield? Isn't the war over? Now that Prince Ding is here, even if the rebels come back, they won't die without you. Follow me!" After saying this, he didn't care about Ye Li's stiff and helpless expression, and dragged people to their destination not far from the city wall.
Murong Ting is so agile that she is really suitable to be a battlefield medical staff. Ye Li couldn't help but admire the clothes and accessories neatly arranged in front of her. In less than half an hour, she had to rush back from the road to Shattered Snow Pass, and also had to find all these clothes and accessories that were not easy to find in Yonglin City, and then she had to go up to the city tower to intercept herself before the battle was over. She is really well-trained.
"Hurry up, hurry up. Get dressed so we can go and welcome His Royal Highness Prince Ding." Murong Ting grabbed the clothes on the table and stuffed them into Ye Li's hands, then pushed her into the inner room to change clothes. She fiddled with the accessories on the table. Yonglin City is small to begin with, and good things are hard to find. Moreover, today, it was clear that they had to defend the city to the death, and no one was open for business. She ran around to many places before she found these things. Ye Li helplessly carried the clothes in, because if she didn't move, she was afraid that Murong Ting would rush in and tear off her clothes and change them for her.
The battlefield outside the city had already quieted down. Some people were left to clean up the battlefield, and Feng Zhiyao was ordered to lead the Mo family army into the city to take over the defense. Mo Xiuyao just rode into the city, and the remaining soldiers in Yonglin City at the gate of the city all lined up to greet him. Mo Xiuyao looked around but didn't see the figure he wanted to see. Feng Zhiyao rode beside Mo Xiuyao and asked curiously in a low voice: "Where is the princess?" He saw it clearly outside just now. The Princess Dingguo's methods of killing people in the chaos were simply... too well matched with Mo Xiuyao. At the same time, Feng Zhiyao also reminded himself in his heart that he should never provoke the princess in the future. It's really scary for a woman to become like this...
"Uh... I know where the princess went." Feng Zhiyao pointed to the intersection ahead.
Mo Xiuyao looked in the direction he was looking at, and saw two figures, one tall and one short, appearing on the side of the street. The tall girl in red was walking towards them with a look of excitement, dragging a girl in green. Mo Xiuyao's eyes were fixed on the petite and elegant girl. The woman who had just been dressed in black and looked heroic and indifferent to killing on the battlefield was now wearing a faint helpless smile, with her clothes fluttering and her wide sleeves fluttering. Her soft black hair was loosely tied up, and she wore a pearl tassel hairpin in her hair. She was gentle and graceful, like the most elegant girl.
Ye Li obviously saw Mo Xiuyao as well, and she paused in surprise. Mo Xiuyao rode forward, and the snow-white horse happily ran to Ye Li under the command of its master, and even rubbed its head against her affectionately.
"Ali..." Mo Xiuyao smiled faintly, leaned over and extended his hand to Ye Li. Ye Li raised her hand and held his hand. After a shake, Ye Li was pulled onto the horse's back and sat in front of Mo Xiuyao. Then the snow-white horse sped away in front of Murong Ting's stunned eyes, leaving the red-dressed girl with a dazed look on her face. After a long time, she muttered in a low voice: "You are crossing the river and destroying the bridge... This girl didn't even touch the warhorse, stingy..."
Feng Zhiyuan, who was on horseback in the distance, looked at the dull-looking soldiers and the curious Black Cloud riders who dismounted with their shoulders shrugged. Well, isn't the purpose of being a subordinate to handle things that must be handled when the master is not available?
The two of them rode through Yonglin City and galloped out of the city. The horse was indeed a sturdy one. In a blink of an eye, even the Broken Snow Pass was in sight. Ye Li looked down at her arm that was a little painful, and whispered, "Mo... Xiu Yao, where are we going?" Mo Xiu Yao looked down at her, and finally pulled the reins and got off the horse. Ye Li raised her eyebrows and prepared to get off the horse as well. When she lowered her head, she was greeted by Mo Xiu Yao's arms, "Get off." Seeing that he insisted, Ye Li had no choice but to let him carry her off the horse. Nestled in the slightly cool arms, Ye Li felt relieved and relaxed for some reason, and the inexplicable heat on her face made her feel a little helpless.
Looking up, Ye Li was greeted by the elegant and pleasant aura of a man. Her eyes widened in surprise. The man's kiss was like a violent storm, sweeping over Ye Li in shock. Her petite body was tightly locked in his arms, and his slightly cool fingertips gently lifted her helpless face. His warm lips lingered on her soft and red lips. Mo Xiuyao's kiss was not gentle, and was even a little rough. With some tyranny and inexplicable anger, he pried open Ye Li's lips, forcing her to let go of her teeth and probe into them, seducing her helpless tongue to dance with him.
"Hmm..." Ye Li frowned slightly, wanting to struggle. The arm clamped around her waist held her in his arms even more tightly, and one hand gently rubbed her hair behind her head, forcing her to entangle with him and exchange each other's breath. Ye Li pulled his clothes in front of him weakly, "Xiu Yao..."
When they separated, both of them panted slightly. Mo Xiuyao lowered his head, leaned his forehead against Ye Li's smooth forehead, and whispered, "Ali, you scared me." When he rushed to the outside of Yonglin City and saw that scene, no one could know the shock and fear in his heart. Even he himself didn't know what he was thinking at that moment, he just shot the arrow subconsciously. When he saw that arrow pierced through two people in succession, bringing out gorgeous blood flowers, the tyranny that suddenly arose in his heart did not subside at all. If it weren't for his amazing self-control, the second arrow would have been shot at Mo Jingli. If he hadn't been able to block that arrow... If he hadn't been able to block that arrow, none of the rebels present today would have survived!
"Ari..."
Ye Li's face flushed bright red. For the first time in her life, she was so embarrassed that she didn't even know where to put her hands and feet. She...she was actually kissing a man on the side of the road where there might be a lot of people coming and going...
But when she heard Mo Xiuyao's sigh-like voice, all her struggles and resistances turned into nothingness.
"Mo Xiuyao, it's so good to see you again." Ye Li sighed softly. Mo Xiuyao lowered his head, his deep eyes full of warmth and tenderness. His slightly warm thin lips touched her delicate red lips again, this time it was extremely gentle and lingering, "Ali... I miss you so much, I really shouldn't have let you come to Southern Xinjiang alone." Ye Li smiled faintly and said nothing, not intending to tell him that after being separated for so long, she also missed him a little... well, not a little.
The well-behaved white horse had already run off to who knows where. The two of them were only a few miles away from Shattered Snow Pass, and the majestic pass was clearly visible. However, Mo Xiuyao did not plan to return to Yonglin City or meet Murong Shen immediately, but took Ye Li to the hillside not far away to sit down and rest.
Ye Li sat down next to Mo Xiuyao, relaxing her tense body, and sighed in comfort. When she looked up, she saw Mo Xiuyao frowning slightly, "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable or injured?" Mo Xiuyao shook his head and said, "I've been traveling for several days, and I'm a little tired. Speaking of injuries..." Mo Xiuyao pulled up her left arm, lifted up the wide sleeve to reveal the long and thin scar on her arm, and frowned, "Why don't you bandage it?"
Ye Li didn't expect that Mo Xiuyao actually saw her injury. She shook her head and smiled, "It's just a scratch. It's not bleeding anymore. It will heal faster this way."
"Nonsense." Mo Xiuyao scolded in a low voice, took out several small medicine bottles he brought with him, used the transparent liquid in one of the bottles to clean her wound, and then carefully sprinkled medicine powder on it. Then he took out a white handkerchief from his pocket and bandaged the wound. Ye Li admired Mo Xiuyao's perfectly bandaged arm and smiled, "It's really okay, it will be healed in two days."
Mo Xiuyao raised his hand and pulled her into his arms, rubbed her soft hair and whispered: "Don't get hurt in the future, otherwise you are not allowed to go anywhere!" Ye Li said nothing. Accidents happen all the time, and she couldn't guarantee this. "I'll try my best. Didn't you get hurt a lot on the battlefield?" The reputation of the young god of war was not for nothing. Mo Xiuyao was not a god who came to the world with the protection of gods and his swords and guns were indestructible.
"Can I be like you?"
Ye Li raised her head and squinted at him unhappily, "Are you discriminating against women?"
Mo Xiuyao was helpless, "I don't discriminate against women, and even if I discriminate against women, I won't discriminate against you." His Ah Li is so powerful, if she is discriminated against, all men in the world should commit suicide.
"So you're saying I don't look like a woman?"
"Ah Li." Mo Xiuyao looked at her with a half-smile, "Are you angry or are you being coquettish?" Ye Li was stunned, staring blankly at Mo Xiuyao's gentle smile, wishing she could bite him or beat him up. Was she actually making trouble with Mo Xiuyao? Even more childish than Murong, Murong would definitely not ask such a childish and boring question!
Mo Xiuyao smiled faintly, and before she could get angry, he took her back into his arms, "Sit with me for a while, I'm a little tired."
Ye Li moved slightly, but soon calmed down. Mo Xiuyao's health was not good, and it was impossible for him to recover miraculously in such a short time. Even if he tried his best to hide it, she did not miss the fatigue and paleness between his brows. Leaning tightly in his arms, Ye Li didn't know what she was thinking, and gradually fell into a dream...