Chu Yeli picked her up, walked to the bed and covered her with a blanket.
"Fifth brother..."
Her fingers hooked around his palm, her strength was weak, her eyes were heavy, and she tried her best to hold on to the last bit of rationality:
"Don't... don't abandon me..."
"I will never abandon you, just like I will never hurt you." He gently rubbed her head, summoned his inner strength, and extinguished the candle.
"Sleep well. When you wake up, Brother Five will buy you your favorite sweet cake."
He strode off:
"Take good care of her."
Outside the tent, Xiang Yue was standing guard: "Don't worry, Your Highness Dong Ling, I will never leave."
Woo——
A horn sounded in the army, like the ferocious howling of a wolf, breaking the tranquility of the night, and a strong atmosphere of solemnity and murderousness opened the curtain of tonight.
A war is about to begin.
Chu Li lay limply on the bed, biting his tongue hard, but he could not resist the strong fatigue. He had to muster up his strength and struggled to take out the small bamboo tube hidden in his arms.
There is a poisonous insect inside.
She brought it from the study of Wizard Qiu when she was in the Gu Bureau.
This is the only way to take risks.
She no longer hesitated and bit the plug. A black worm crawled out, bit her finger and drilled in.
“Hmm…”
-
Bang!
The war started.
"Raid!"
"Nanman Raid!"
Boom boom boom!
The soldiers on duty immediately sounded the emergency call, and everyone became alert. No matter if they were on duty, standing guard, resting, or even those who were already asleep, they immediately put on their clothes and returned to the team as quickly as possible.
General An put on his helmet and strode up to the city wall:
"Everyone, be quiet. The southern barbarians are despicable and shameless. We have attacked them before. Our city walls are tall and strong. They can't break in. Just deal with them as usual!"
"Archer!"
A soldier looked terrified:
"But... General... they seem to be unable to be shot to death..."
What? !
"What nonsense are you talking about? Humans are made of flesh and blood, how can they not be shot to death? You lazy guys must be neglecting your training and making excuses for your poor shooting!"
"General, take a look for yourself!"
General An rushed to the parapet and just as he looked out, an arrow suddenly shot towards him.
"General, be careful!"
Even though he dodged quickly, he was still shot in the shoulder.
Blood splattered.
Outside the city wall, a black mass of troops was surging in like a tide. Arrows rained down on them. Some were hit in the abdomen, some in the arms, and some were shot into sieves, but they still rushed forward briskly.
That speed, that bravery, and that energy are like a bull.
They carried the ladder:
"rush!"
In the distance, crossbow carts were shooting arrows at the city walls to escort them.
“Go!”
"Defend!" General An pulled out the arrow from his shoulder, ignoring his wound, and shouted, "Everyone, defend with all your might. We must not let a single southern barbarian climb up our city wall!"
Swish, swish, swish!
Arrows were flying back and forth.
Climb the ladder, smash the stone, swing the sword...
The soldier who was climbing the wall was hit by a stone and fell to the ground. After a few seconds, his neck was twisted and his bones clanged. He stood up again with a head full of blood and continued to climb the ladder.
General An stared:
“What the hell!”
What the hell is this?
not good!
If these southern barbarian soldiers cannot be killed or beaten to death, how can they hold out tonight?
"Go and report to the Regent!"
Chu Dichi has arrived.
"Reinforce the gate bolts and lock them with thick iron chains. General An, activate the large guillotine on the city wall."
When everyone saw the Regent, they immediately felt as if they had found a backbone and responded loudly:
"yes!"
Several soldiers rushed up to the parapet, pulled up the iron chain, and a huge guillotine that was five meters long slowly rose up.
On the city wall, the barbarian soldiers were climbing the ladders frantically, scrambling to climb up.
Chu Dichi estimated the distance and narrowed his eyes:
"put!"
The four soldiers loosened the chains, and the thick and long guillotine chopped down, directly cutting the soldiers within a distance of five meters into two and falling down.
Puff puff!
"ah!"
"pull!"
The soldiers quickly worked together to pull up the iron chain and raised the bloody guillotine.
On the battlefield in the distance, the night was as dark as water.
The crossbow carts were lined up in a long row and kept shooting arrows, but the high city walls were tight and solid, and there were so many battlements for protection that it was difficult to hit them.
The big guillotine cut down again and again, and it was difficult for the southern barbarian soldiers to climb up.
Seeing this, Tuoba Mingyue rode his horse and drew his sword, "Let me go meet the Regent of Great Chu!"
"No rush."
"bow!"
Chu Yeli raised his hand.
The guards ran over to offer it.
He drew out a finely crafted silver arrow.
This sword is specially made of black iron, and the arrows are made of ice iron mined from the mines under the snow-capped mountains, with a sharpness that can break through anything.
He drew his bow, his eyes narrowed.
call out!
The long arrow broke through the air and pierced through the night sky a hundred meters away. With a crisp "ding" sound, the arrow shattered the iron chain and the out-of-control guillotine fell down.
Immediately following, two more arrows were fired.
All three large guillotines were destroyed!
"Regent, what should we do now?!"
"These southern barbarians seem to be impossible to kill!"
"Defend it!"
"Hold on!"
"The Nanman wants to climb the city wall. He must climb over our dead bodies. Otherwise, we will fight to our last breath!"
Chu Dichi stood on the high city wall, looking at the dark night. His eagle-like eyes seemed to accurately capture someone in the dark tide.
Chu Yeli raised his thin lips, threw away the bow, and raised his chin slightly.
Eyes met.
A hundred meters away.
Sharp sparks are about to break out.
Chu Di's eyes were calm and steady as he planned: "General An."
"I will be here!"
"Push all the human-shaped targets used for training soldiers onto the city wall. Buglers blow the horns and beat the drums non-stop. Jingying, you lead 500 men out of the city... Chongfeng, you lead 500 men..."
Woo——
The horn sounded.
The war drums are deafening.
Black heads popped up on the city wall.
"Princess, they have reinforcements!"
The guards rode on fast horses and kept reporting the current battle situation. "They are attacking with their entire army. I'm afraid they won't be able to hold the city wall any longer!"
Tuoba Mingyue stared at the battlefield in the distance:
"very good."
This witchcraft army, used as the vanguard, is not afraid of death or pain, and one is more useful than ten.
It turns out that Si Gu Bureau’s hard work over the years has paid off.
"All troops, listen up! Attack the city with all your might!"
-
The sounds of fighting could be heard from miles away in the night, and the thick smell of blood drifted in the wind.
Southern Barbarian Camp.
In the tent, Chu Li was lying on the bed. A long black worm swam under the skin of her slender neck and crawled towards her heart...
Swish!
She shuddered, stood up, and touched her face, hands and neck. There seemed to be nothing wrong.
Judging from the night sky outside, she should have been unconscious for no more than half an hour.
Although she didn't know what the function of this poisonous insect was, she had no choice but to take the risk and give it a try.
Now it seems that she made the right attempt.
She is not dead.
And woke up early.
Bang!
"What's that sound?" Outside the tent, Xiang Yue vigilantly lifted the curtain and saw Chu Li sleeping on the bed, but the cup had fallen to the ground and broken into several pieces.
She suddenly became suspicious.
How did the cup fall?
Young Master Chu took sleeping powder and needed to sleep for at least four hours. There was no one else in the tent and there was no wind, so how did the cup fall?
She frowned, walked over, looked at the table, then looked at the sleeping Chu Li, squatted down and picked up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground.
"Why did the cup fall... Ugh!"
Behind him, a silver chain suddenly locked around his neck.
“Ahem…you…cough!”
"Xiang Yue, I'm sorry!"
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