Chu Changning guessed correctly. After hearing the news from the scouts, Ashileyan ordered an all-out attack on the city.
On the vast land, a massive, dark army swept across the land like locusts, stretching as far as the eye could see.
The army marched to the foot of the city wall, but the entire wall was empty, without a single person in sight.
It looked like a ghost town.
The man from Mo Nan spat and cursed.
"What the hell is going on?"
Ashileyan, riding his horse, frowned as he looked at the empty city walls.
From afar, she spotted a pale green figure climbing the city wall alone.
"Princess, you are the wife of the Marquis of Yan."
Ashleyan was surprised and chuckled.
She's still in the city?!
"Madam has great courage."
The sharp sound, mixed with internal energy, pierced through the entire land.
Chu Changning stood on the city wall, glanced at the dark mass of troops below, and smiled faintly.
"The princess is willing to go to any lengths to capture me."
Ashleyan knew she was still there, so he wasn't in such a hurry anymore.
She rode high on her horse, making a playful sound.
"Lord Yan is truly cold-blooded and ruthless, actually making his pregnant wife run around trying to escape for her life."
Chu Changning's expression remained unchanged. "Those who achieve great things do not concern themselves with trifles."
Ashileyan raised an eyebrow and scoffed when he saw that she didn't seem to care at all.
"I had long heard that Marquis Yan and his wife were sleeping in the same bed but dreaming different dreams, and seeing it today, it is indeed true."
“In this way, I have no intention of harming your life, madam. As long as you are willing to come with me, I will naturally treat you as an honored guest.”
Chu Changning pretended to think for a moment, "Does Mo Nan really not intend to harm me?"
"certainly."
Even though Yan Bei Mo disliked this princess of a fallen kingdom, he could still control the child in her womb.
"What has your decision been, Madam?"
Chu Changning deliberately stalled for time, "How can I believe you?"
Ashleyan found her nagging and spoke in a slightly cold tone.
"So what if you don't believe me, Madam? My Iron Cavalry of the Southern Desert will crush Luzhou."
Upon hearing this, Chu Changning nodded seriously.
Asileyan thought she had admitted it and was about to speak when he suddenly saw her pull a knife out of her bosom.
"What does Madam want to do?"
Chu Changning toyed with the knife, his voice calm.
"Mo Nan wants to use the child to threaten Yan Bei Mo. If I die, what will you use to threaten me?"
Ashleyan, "---"
The sky was overcast and the wind was biting, with fierce gales raging.
She said, "Tell me your conditions."
Chu Changning looked directly at her and said, "I will let the army retreat eight hundred miles away, then I will descend from the city wall and leave with you."
What does this mean?
Ashile raised an eyebrow. "What tricks are you trying to pull?"
"I don't want to play tricks. I'm just scared by the sight of so many troops."
Oh.
Ashleyan curled her lips into a smile. "Alright, I promise you."
After saying that, she ordered the rear guard to move the main army back and leave a detachment to guard the rear.
"Princess, this is likely a scheme."
"No, there are no more troops in the city capable of fighting."
The army withdrew from Luzhou City, leaving behind less than three thousand soldiers.
"Madam, please come down."
Chu Changning sheathed his sword and said calmly, "Princess, please wait a moment."
Blood spread across the desolate, gray horizon, and carrion-eating crows swooped down to devour the corpses on the ground.
On the vast land, the troops in the southern desert waited quietly.
Looking around, the city stood majestically, without the slightest sign of surrendering; the silence was eerily profound.
Ashileyan sensed something was wrong and became furious.
"The people of the Central Plains are too cunning. Kill them."
"Attack the city."
The thunderous sound of the city gates being rammed echoed through the sky.
The other troops who had withdrawn immediately returned upon hearing the drumbeats.
However, this also gave Chu Changning ample time to escape.
The city was already deserted; the soldiers had all retreated to the Yunlanjiang Bridge.
The terrain here is steep and difficult to navigate, and the people from southern Mongolia are unfamiliar with the area, making it hard for them to catch up.
Chu Changning was led by the assassins all the way to Yunlan River.
Perhaps because I was in such a hurry, waves of pain surged up in my stomach.
She was sweating profusely and clutching her stomach in discomfort.
"lady."
Chu Changning shook his head, "It's alright, let's go."
Once they crossed the river and cut the bridge chains, the people from Mobei would be unable to catch up with them.
Mo Nan quickly stormed into the city, bringing with them mastiffs that were adept at tracking scents, and made their way through the dense forest toward the Yunlan River.
The forest was dark, and the soldiers and horses did not come; most of them remained below.
Ashileyan led a valiant army into the dense forest to pursue them.
"Princess, they want to break the bridge."
"Chase."
Ashileyan's personal guards were extremely fast, not ordinary soldiers, and they quickly caught up with him.
When they saw Chu Changning and the others, they had already arrived at the Great River.
The terrain here is rugged, and in the middle of the flat and wide land flows a fierce river with surging waves and swirling mist, like an endless sea of clouds with no bottom in sight.
The deep bridge connects the two sides of the river, with thick iron chains and a hard wooden bridge spanning the two banks. Looking down, the river waves surge and rush hundreds of meters below.
Just as Chu Changning and the others were about to cross the bridge, a murderous intent suddenly came from behind them, and sharp arrows shot towards her like arrows released from a bow.
The bodyguard protecting him immediately leaped into the air and slashed the arrow away.
The soldiers of Luzhou, who were lying in ambush on the other side of the bridge, watched the fight on the bridge with trepidation, and their hands, which were about to cut the iron chains, stopped.
"Chu Changning, the princess of the Central Plains, is utterly hateful!"
Ashile's face was filled with ferocity, and his eyes looked at her as if he wanted to tear her to pieces.
Chu Changning ignored her, grabbing the iron chain on the bridge with one hand and using his other hand to deflect the longsword.
Fortunately, the assassins around him were all carefully trained and very capable.
But Ashleyan probably hated her to the core, and with an extremely strange posture, he passed through the assassins and attacked her.
Frost Moon reacted swiftly, blocking the attack in mid-air.
Liu Ping stood on the opposite bank, watching the fight on the bridge a few hundred meters away, and said in a deep voice.
"Let's go over and help."
As soon as he finished speaking, a loud bang echoed in the sky, and the clamor of soldiers fighting suddenly came from the depths of the dense forest. Countless black-armored figures with flames could be vaguely seen surrounding them.
A guard rushed over and said, "Princess, they are from Li Bei."
Ashileyan was shocked. How could this be?
Yan Beimo is still in Beiyou, how could he have arrived so quickly?
"Quickly, kill Chu Changning, go!"
Frostmoon and the others also discovered the signal in the air, and the battle was fierce, as if they were divinely inspired.
Chu Changning squinted at the dense forest where firelight flickered, his eyes darkening slightly.
Ashleyan glanced at the weakened man, kicked away the assassins surrounding him, the sound of bells ringing in his hand and the fragrance wafting around him made everyone dizzy and forced them to retreat.
She moved with an extremely strange posture and captured Chu Changning.
At this moment, a large group of people carrying torches quickly rushed in from deep within the dense forest and surrounded them.
Yan Beimo swiftly swept through the forest, his gaze taking in the scenes unfolding on the bridge before he stopped.
Ashileyan stood on the bridge, a knife pressed against Chu Changning's neck, looking indifferently at the man not far away, and sneered.
"Yan Beimo, you're too late."
On the wide river, blood was everywhere and corpses lay strewn about.
Yan Beimo looked calmly at Ashileyan, who, seeing his composure, gave him a slightly cold expression.
"Does the Marquis of Yan no longer want your wife and children?"
His eyes were clear and bright, and he smiled gently.
"Does Mo Nan intend to be my enemy?"
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