Chapter 430 I told you to be careful
Ren Dong said to Huo Yan, "Ren Dong told Huo Yan, 'I don't care what you want to do in Xizhou. This is your only chance to regain your prestige as a prince. Even if Xizhou City is not defended in the end, as long as you have worked hard for the people of Xizhou, they will remember your kindness.'"
At the beginning, Huo Yan was ordered to come to Xizhou to quell the rebellion, but because he was eager for quick success, he fell into the rebels' trap and was captured. He was imprisoned in the bandits' den for many days. It was not until King Chang'an came to Xizhou to take over the rebellion and killed the bandit leader that he and Rendong escaped in the chaos.
No matter how rebellious the Ninth Prince was, he was defeated in Xizhou.
Because Rendong had seen Huo Yan's miserable state and Huo Yan always talked about killing her, she was always worried that he was going to kill her to silence her.
In recent years, Huo Yan and Huo Yang have been at a disadvantage in the mutual checks and balances in the court, because the Ninth Prince was captured alive by the rebels in Xizhou by those Rui Wang's party. It can be seen that he has neither the ability to lead the army in battle nor the destiny of a true dragon emperor.
It is obvious that Huo Yang is worse than him. Huo Yang didn't even dare to go to Xizhou. After receiving the decree from his father to send him to Xizhou to quell the rebellion, he pretended to fall off a horse and broke his leg as soon as he left the palace. Just because Huo Yang was good at pretending and avoiding things, he didn't lose so badly in front of others. Huo Yang wanted to do something practical, but he was caught because of his recklessness for a moment, and people pointed fingers at him for years and used this matter to humiliate him.
Rendong was right. This time the Northern State Army was besieging Western State, and Huo Zheng and others were not there. This was Huo Yan's chance to regain his pride and dignity.
But the fact that he fell into the hands of the rebels really left a deep shadow on Huo Yan, so Huo Yan thought about it for a long time in the yard but still couldn't make up his mind.
He was afraid that he would lose again and again.
I'm afraid that my dignity will be lost and I will never be able to pick it up again in my lifetime.
Everyone else thought that the Ninth Prince ignored the crisis in Xizhou because he was indifferent to it. Only Rendong told him that the result was not important, just do your best. What you lost in Xizhou, you can find back in Xizhou.
Huo Yan thought that he might not be a good person in Rendong's heart, but he was not so bad that he was beyond redemption.
Huo Yan pondered for a long time before asking Ren Dong, "What about you?"
Rendong seemed to have not expected Huo Yan to ask such a question and could not help but pause.
After a moment, she said, "I will naturally remember it."
"good."
Huo Yan only said this one word, looked at Rendong deeply for a moment, then turned and walked out.
Rendong couldn't understand the look in Huo Yan's eyes, nor did she know what the word "good" he said meant. She just saw Huo Yan walking out against the wind through the falling snow.
Everyone in the palace was busy running around, and soon someone came over and said, "Doctor Feng, why are you still here? There are many people over there on the city wall who are seriously injured and waiting for you to save them!"
“Here I come!”
Honeysuckle immediately came to her senses and hurried to the city wall with the maid from the palace who came to find her to rescue people.
She didn't know what Huo Yan was going to do, she just hoped that he would stop thinking about taking advantage of the opportunity to seize Xizhou.
Be a human being, Huo Yan.
Don't be like Prince Rui, who has no loyalty, righteousness, filial piety or brotherhood.
Don't make her regret saving him.
Honeysuckle followed the maidservant of the palace to the top of the city wall. Arrows rained down. The princess stood on the city wall and beat the drum. The people and soldiers in the city defended Xizhou City together. No matter how fierce the attack of the Beizhou army outside the city was, they could not break through the city gate.
Honeysuckle rushed over to treat the wounded. Even if she couldn't save everyone's life, she would save as many as she could.
The siege lasted for three days and three nights, with snow falling continuously and blood staining the city walls red.
The night gradually darkened, fires began to appear, and swords and sabers shone in disorder.
By the end of the battle, all the arrows and falling rocks in the city had been exhausted, and the edges of the swords were curled, and they could no longer withstand the next wave of attacks.
Chunzhi was almost exhausted. Her hands, which had been beating the drum, seemed to no longer belong to her, and fell down uncontrollably. She hoarsely ordered everyone, "Bring kerosene!"
She said, "If the Northern State Army doesn't retreat, we'll pour kerosene down on them, creating a wall of fire to force them back."
This method is too cruel and relies too much on luck.
If the wind blows outwards, it can stop the Northern Province Army from entering the city, and perhaps delay it until the Prince of Chang'an leads his troops back to support.
If the wind direction is wrong and the fire blows towards the city, it will become the death warrant of Xizhou City.
But now it is a matter of life and death.
Chunzhi could only bet that she and the people of Xizhou would not die.
When several people from Xizhou heard the princess order someone to fetch kerosene, they had already guessed what she was going to do. Everyone looked at each other, but in the end, no one spoke out to dissuade her. Instead, they ordered their subordinates, "Do as the princess says!"
"Bring all the kerosene in the city here!"
These Northern State troops came for the gold, silver and beauties of the Western State. If they broke into the city, they would certainly burn, kill, loot and do whatever they wanted.
If not for this, given the princess's kindness and righteousness, she would certainly rather open the city and surrender than resist to the death.
The situation is like this now because there is a dead end ahead and we have no choice but to fight to the death.
So no one in the city questioned the princess's decision, and they immediately went to collect kerosene in the city and moved it to the city tower.
As the Northern State soldiers outside the city were fighting, they suddenly saw people on the city wall carrying buckets of what looked like water and pouring them down.
"Kerosene?"
"It's kerosene!"
The Beizhou soldiers, who were drenched in water all over their heads and faces, suddenly realized it, but it was too late for them to push away. There were people behind them, and the chaos started with people stepping on each other and pushing each other.
Barrels of kerosene were poured down from the city wall. Chunzhi led everyone to raise torches and throw them down with force. As soon as the torches touched the oil, flames shot up into the sky.
Haruji made the right bet.
The wind was blowing towards the outside of the city, and the raging flames forced back the Beizhou Army. Beizhou's commander, Suo Hongkai, immediately shouted and ordered the Beizhou Army to retreat fifty steps.
But at this time, the Beizhou Army who were in the front were drenched in kerosene all over their heads and bodies. As the fire started, all of them caught fire. They screamed miserably and ran around. Some of them rolled on the ground trying to put out the fire on their bodies. Everyone in the front was in chaos.
The raging flames made everyone's eyes red.
"Don't mess around!"
"Maintain order!"
"Anyone who disobeys the order will be killed without mercy!"
The Beizhou commander shouted again and again, but the surroundings were in chaos, and Suo Hongkai had obviously lost control of these Beizhou soldiers.
At this moment, a group of "Beizhou Army" suddenly went upstream and surrounded Beizhou's main general Suo Hongkai. Someone took the initiative to attack Suo Hongkai with a knife.
Suo Hongkai raised the big knife in his hand, exchanged two moves with the man, and chopped him down with one blow. Then more than ten people surrounded Suo Hongkai at the same time. At this time, the surrounding Beizhou soldiers also saw that the assassin had infiltrated the army and was besieging the main general, and they all rushed up.
The assassins disguised as Beizhou soldiers knew that success or failure depended on this one move, and they were determined to die together with Suo Hongkai.
Just when Suo Hongkai was surrounded and struggling to fight his way out, a young cavalryman shouted "General, be careful!" and rushed forward to support him.
Seeing this, Suo Hongkai immediately retreated towards his horse. He turned around and fought while retreating. Just as he was about to chop the pursuing assassin with a knife, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart.
He looked down and saw a long sword piercing his chest. Blood gushed out and dripped down the blade.
Suo Hongkai turned his head and looked at the young cavalryman who rushed over to support him, "You..."
Huo Yan drew his blood-stained sword, and the Northern State commander, who was outnumbered, fell off his horse and landed in the blood-stained snow. The Ninth Prince, dressed in Northern State cavalry attire, sneered, "I told you to be careful, General Suo, why didn't you listen?
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