It was even harder to see the oncoming crowd in the darkness. All I could see ahead were horses and soldiers everywhere, covering the entire sky and making it suffocating.

Zhao Hanqing stood in the middle of the army, with flag bearers on both sides holding torches.

"Divided," she said.

The flag bearers immediately blew their horns.

The army moved instantly, the sound of hoofbeats in the wilderness was as loud as thunder, and the cavalry of the two sides collided like a flood and a dam.

The night sky was filled with the sound of killing.

…

There were more and more Jin soldiers on the city walls of the capital, and there were fires everywhere, as well as the sounds of fighting and shouting.

All the soldiers had been killed in the battle, and the fighting was disorganized. A strong man raised a wooden stick and smashed it at the Jin soldiers who were rushing towards him.

The wooden stick was chopped off his head, and perhaps it was this effortless strike that made the Jin soldier laugh wildly.

Looking at the Jin soldier who was laughing wildly, the strong man suddenly rushed over and poked the Jin soldier's eyes with his hand without any care.

The Jin soldier had not expected someone to be so crazy. He was caught off guard and stabbed. He let out a wild scream and swung the long knife in his hand to hit Zhuang Ding's arm.

Zhuang Ding screamed miserably, but he did not loosen his hands that were grabbing the Jin soldier's face. Instead, he pressed his whole body against the long knife, dug into the Jin soldier's eyes with his hands, and bit his ears.

The Jin soldier shouted and rolled on the ground with Zhuang Ding, until another Jin soldier rushed over and stabbed Zhuang Ding to death with a gun.

But the next moment, countless strong men came rushing in, without any order but without any retreat, like moths to a flame.

Seeing this scene, Miss Jun, who was surrounded by a group of guards and confronting another group of people, looked angry.

"Can't you see?" she shouted, "Even after all this, you are still fighting with our own people!"

The group of people looked expressionless and no one answered. They stepped forward again and slashed at the guards with their weapons without hesitation.

"I will go with them."

Jiuqi, who was protected by Miss Jun behind her, shouted.

"Get out of the way."

Miss Jun turned around and looked at him.

"My guards should not die at the hands of their own people." Jiuyi said loudly, "Go, go and kill the enemy like a hero."

The guards looked back at him with mixed and hesitant expressions.

Miss Jun squatted down and put her arms around his shoulders. Just as she was about to say something, there was a louder commotion at the city gate.

"The Jin people have retreated!"

"The Jin people have retreated!"

This shout made Miss Jun and others stunned. The guards also stopped fighting and looked towards the city wall in surprise.

The fighting on the city wall was still going on, but by the light of the fire one could see that the Jin soldiers who were originally densely packed on the long ladders of the city wall were retreating, and in the distance the surging Jin soldiers were retreating like a tide.

At the same time, the clarion call for retreat sounded in the night.

Not to mention the Zhou people were incredulous, even the Jin soldiers who were in the midst of a fierce battle were stunned.

At this time, we had not suffered any defeat and were about to take the city in one go. Why did we suddenly withdraw our troops?

Should they fight or retreat? Zhou Bingzhuangding, who was originally at a disadvantage, was at a loss and stopped moving. He suddenly became more aggressive and started a more frantic fight.

The Jin soldiers who bravely fought back were knocked to the ground by the strong men who swarmed over them, while those who wanted to retreat were chopped down or pushed off the city wall.

Looking at the Jin soldiers falling continuously from the city wall, Yu Chihai, who was standing not far away, became furious.

"We can't withdraw our troops, we will capture the capital soon." He shouted to the generals beside him.

The generals beside him looked angry.

"The Zhou reinforcements are coming!" they shouted, "and they are attacking our camp."

"There won't be too many reinforcements!" Yu Chihai said angrily, "Our troops in the rear can hold on."

The generals still looked angry, but amid their anger there was also a hint of fear that could not be concealed.

"But that's the Qingshan Army!" they shouted.

This group of cowardly, weaklings were frightened by the Qingshan Army, and Yu Chihai almost fainted.

"We are about to capture the city. Even if the Qingshan Army comes, as long as we take over the capital and occupy the palace, they can't do anything to us." He spoke word by word, gritting his teeth.

"We can only capture the city walls, but we can't necessarily capture the capital." A general said in shame, pointing to the city in front of him, "These Zhou people are not as vulnerable as you say. It's so difficult to capture a city wall."

These Zhou people are just holding on with one breath. If we capture the city walls, their last breath will be broken and the capital will be in our hands.

These rubbish, these barbarians, don't know shit. I'm so angry that I want to vomit blood.

But there was nothing he could do. These Jin generals would not listen to him at this time. Looking at the Jin soldiers retreating like a tide, Yu Chihai could not help but raise his hand and shout to the sky.

This damn reinforcement, it would be better if it arrived at least an hour later.

Just one step, just one step.

Perhaps seeing Yu Chihai, who always prided himself on being a gentleman, losing his composure like this, General Jin felt a little bit reluctant.

"Don't worry, Lord Yu. Didn't you also say that there are not many reinforcements and they have come a long way? How dare they fight us in the wilderness at night? Let's gather our strength and catch them all in one fell swoop." He said loudly, "Let these people in the capital see that even if reinforcements come, it will be useless. Their morale will definitely be completely crushed. When we come back, the capital will still be ours."

But his words seemed to be to comfort Yu Chihai, and also to comfort himself, but Yu Chihai looked dull and dazed, and turned a deaf ear to him.

General Jin felt annoyed and turned away with a snort of embarrassment.

"Fight!" he shouted loudly, riding his horse and following the army.

…

The last Jin soldier on the top of the city was forced to the edge of the city wall.

King Xian roared and rushed over with his spear raised.

Whether it was because of nervousness or the stumbling of his feet, King Hyeon's spear brushed past the Jin soldier's shoulder and hit the city wall. However, the Jin soldier still screamed and was knocked off the city wall by the fat King Hyeon who rushed over.

"Your Majesty is mighty!" the guards on both sides shouted in unison.

Anyway, he was the one who got him off the city wall, whether he used a spear or his body, he killed a gold thief with his own hands, he killed him with his own hands!

King Xian wiped away his guilty conscience and waved to everyone with a look of joy and excitement.

"It's everyone's mighty." he shouted.

Seeing that no more Jin soldiers were rushing up the city walls, the survivors did not cheer or rejoice. Instead, they looked a little puzzled and a little alert.

Or is there some conspiracy?

Or prepare for the next attack?

Miss Jun walked over a few steps holding Prince Huai in her arms.

"It doesn't look like a scam." Mr. Gu came out from the side and looked ahead. "I think reinforcements are coming."

The trembling Jinyi Guards stood quietly behind Mr. Gu again, as if what had just happened had not happened. The order they had received was to take Prince Huai and Miss Jun away if the city could not be defended, but now that reinforcements had arrived, the capital would not be breached, so there was no need to take them away.

Reinforcements?

The darkness obscured our vision and we couldn't see what was happening.

"Where are the reinforcements coming from?" A general whose arm was almost cut off gritted his teeth and trembled as he leaned against the wall and looked out. His face was pale and he did not show any joy under the firelight. "Will it be possible to succeed in a night battle with the Jin soldiers?"

If the troops stationed around the capital were really powerful, the capital would not be like this now.

After hearing this, the people on the city wall looked even more desperate.

"Maybe it's reinforcements from the north." But someone else said loudly.

If it's reinforcements from the North, there's still hope.

People couldn't help but look forward to it.

"Anyway, we have waited for reinforcements." Miss Jun said, "What we thought was impossible has come true. It is not impossible to defend the city and win."

I hope so. Ning Yan, whose body was covered with blood and whose hair was disheveled, and who no longer had the elegance of a scholar, clenched his hands hanging at his sides.

Miss Jun hugged Prince Huai's shoulders tightly and stood on the city wall with everyone else, looking at the inky night ahead.

In the darkness of the night, the sound of fighting seemed to come faintly from the horizon.

…

The sound of killing was deafening, the sound of drums in my ears suddenly changed, the cavalry in front seemed to be cut in half by a sword, and waved to both sides like the long sleeves of a dancer, and teams of soldiers in the formation holding long swords and shields moved straight forward.

The Jin cavalry had already rushed in, slashing at the soldiers with their long swords and sickles. The soldiers all crouched and raised their shields. There was a flash of fire, followed by the swinging of long swords, and the neighing of horses that knocked down the Jin soldiers and rolled away.

Shields flew apart, long swords swung, and blood and flesh flew everywhere.

Men and horses collided and a melee broke out.

It was hard to see clearly in the darkness, but the scene was even more tragic.

"…Why, why is the battle like this?"

An officer from Renji Prefecture shouted, his hand holding the spear trembling as his voice did.

"We, the Qingshan Army, have always fought like this." A voice came from the side.

With the sound, three soldiers stepped in unison and collided with a Jin soldier coming towards them.

The Jin soldier's heavy axe split open a soldier's shield and landed directly on his shoulder, almost splitting him in half.

The soldiers of Renji Prefecture clearly heard the sound of bones breaking, but the soldier, kneeling on the ground waiting to die, still raised the spear in his hand and pierced the Jin soldier's chest fiercely. Both of them fell down screaming at the same time.

It's so scary.

The soldiers of Renji Prefecture were almost fainted.

They were guarding near the capital, and at most they had to fight a defensive battle with the Jin people, shooting at each other through the city walls. It turned out that a face-to-face battle was so terrifying.

"You, don't you have a mobile artillery vehicle? Come on, blow them up." He couldn't help but shout.

No one answered him, and no artillery vehicles appeared. Instead, teams of spearmen and shield-armored soldiers advanced and retreated in unison. As the war drums beat, cavalry on both sides closed in and they were caught in the middle. Although they were terrified, they still subconsciously swung their swords and spears as the team advanced and retreated.

In these layers of ranks, they don't need to have superb martial arts skills, they only need to be brave. Without bravery, it doesn't matter. They just need to be caught up in it, follow the crowd forward, follow the swords and bayonets, follow the crowd disregarding life and death, and follow the crowd to die together, just like a huge cart or a huge rock rolling forward and crushing everything.

What else can we do!

This is the only way!

What else can we do!

This is the only way!

Kill, kill, the sound of killing shook the sky.

…

The east gradually became brighter, and the tragic appearance of the city wall that had experienced a great war appeared before them, with rows of people standing on the wall like clay sculptures.

The ragged soldiers and civilians were in a mess, covered in wounds and blood.

They all looked in one direction.

"There was no sound of gunfire after all." Miss Jun said in a low voice.

Maybe the troops coming here are not the Qingshan Army from the north, so their chances of winning the battle against the Jin people are slim.

Even if it was the Qingshan Army that came, they certainly did not have any artillery vehicles with them, so they came quickly and lightly equipped.

The journey was long, the number of people was limited, and the field and night battles were bound to be extremely brutal.

Miss Jun looked somewhat disappointed, and suddenly someone grabbed her hand forcefully.

She looked down and saw Jiuqi.

"Don't be afraid." Jiuqi looked up at her, "Look, we have seen the sunlight again."

Miss Jun smiled.

"Yeah." She nodded. "Another day of profit. It's worth being happy."

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard someone shouting on the city wall.

“Here I come!”

This cry was not of joy, but of trembling.

Coming, who is coming?

The people on the city wall held their breath and looked forward in silence, their expressions trembling with fear.

Are the Jin people making a comeback, or are reinforcements arriving from the sky?

Teams of soldiers appeared in the morning light. The brightness blurred everyone's vision. Everyone tried hard to open their eyes and look at the armor that was becoming clearer and clearer, and the flags that were like clouds.

I saw clearly that the armor was torn and covered in blood.

I saw the flag was broken, torn and fluttering.

I saw many wounded soldiers and scattered troops.

It's dazzled and heartbreaking.

With a thud, someone fell to his knees and burst into tears.

After defending the city for more than twenty days, the Jin army's repeated attacks did not break my knees and I could only shed tears from the pain.

Like rice pouring out of a granary, countless people on the city wall fell to their knees and cried.

"I've waited."

Ning Yan murmured and let out a long breath.

Miss Jun patted Jiuqi on the shoulder.

"Jiuqi, look, that's the Qingshan Army." She said softly, pointing at the army formation approaching outside the city. "Have you heard of it?"

Nine-legged shaking head.

"But I saw it myself." He straightened his back, straightened his clothes, and said.

…

"Why are you running?"

Fang Jinxiu shouted and caught up with Chen Qi.

"What's so good about this!"

Chen Qi's head was half wrapped and blood was seeping out, looking both tragic and funny.

He squeezed past the people kneeling and crying on the city wall and looked outside the city.

"It's really beautiful." He murmured, looking at the big characters "Qingshan Army" on the big flag, his exposed eye sparkling, and then turned to look at Fang Jinxiu, "I finally understand it."

Square brocade embroidered wrinkled eyebrows.

"What do you understand?" she asked.

"I understand why she didn't want the Qingshan Army to be her bodyguards," Chen Qi said. "The bodyguards of one person can only protect her, but the bodyguards of a country can protect the country as a whole."

If the Qingshan Army had stayed in the capital to serve as Miss Jun's servants, they would have become part of the dead on the city wall at this moment. To Miss Jun, the capital, the people of Zhou, and the world as a whole, their presence would be as silent as a drop in the ocean.

But now, they, with just a few dozen people, were able to form an army, lead troops and gather crowds, and repel the Jin people. This was a great achievement for the country, the people and the world.

"Besides, these are her guards." Chen Qi murmured. The guards who were originally a few dozen people have become a huge army. "Sacrificing small things to gain big things, this is the real big business, big buying and selling, big profits. No wonder she can open a shop while I can only be a shopkeeper."

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Xixing said

It’s 4,000 words now, please treat it as two updates, smiling.

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