But looking at Cheng Ying's expression, she simply couldn't believe it, and shock was revealed in her pupils. She was really surprised, as if she had heard some Arabian Nights fairy tale, and she didn't know how to react for a long time.
She even suspected that Cheng Ying was really crazy and mentally disturbed, which was why she said such strange things.
"Look carefully, I'm not the woman you like." Yu Jiao took a long while to say this.
Cheng Ying looked at her, her eyes deep and serious: "Of course I know who you are."
Yu Jiao was finally sure that he was not joking.
"Impossible." She didn't care whether Cheng Ying was teasing her for fun or had other ideas. She expressed her attitude without thinking.
Cheng Ying slowly tightened the fingers that were pinching the small statue, and looking at the finger marks left on Yu Jiao's fair chin, he took a deep breath and suppressed his fluctuating emotions.
"I will tell you something when we return to Xianyang." Cheng Ying's face showed a bit of determination, "Whether you are happy or sad, Jiaojiao, you must understand one thing from now on. I will never let you leave me, and I will never let you be with Yu Qizhe again."
After listening to this, Yu Jiao had an inexplicable uneasy premonition, as if something was about to happen that was beyond her control.
Especially this delicate sound, which made her feel extremely strange and indescribable.
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In Kyoto, seeing that Dong'an Gate could not be breached, Ji Wudao withdrew part of the troops to Chengtian Gate. Both sides launched a fierce attack at the same time. After the Chengtian Gate was lit up with a smoke screen, Yu Qizhe asked Lu Jin to transfer part of the troops to guard Chengtian Gate.
As a result, the military strength in the city became increasingly insufficient, and it was like a strong crossbow.
Yu Qizhe already had four or five wounds on his body, but he didn't even have time to apply medicine. More and more rebels climbed up the city wall, like a tide, and they could not be killed all.
At this time, many young and strong people went up to the city wall with wooden sticks and shovels to help resist the rebels.
They were instigated by Liu Yu. After the truce last night, the rebels committed evil outside the city and even captured a girl from an innocent family. The commotion made the people in the city hate them so much that they immediately wanted to know who the real traitor was.
If these rebels were to attack the city, the first ones to suffer would probably be these civilians.
If a person leading troops like this were to sit on the dragon throne in the imperial city, their lives would definitely not be easy in the future.
So under Liu Yu's mobilization, many people came to defend the city spontaneously. However, these people had never seen blood on the battlefield, and they were terrified when they saw flesh and blood fighting.
But with their joining, Yu Qizhe and the soldiers of the three camps were able to breathe a sigh of relief, and they were able to defend the city gate again at the cost of a sharp decrease in numbers and heavy casualties.
During the break, Lu Jin found Yu Qizhe and saw him applying medicine to himself silently. He took the gauze and helped him bandage the wound on his shoulder. He said solemnly, "If this continues, I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to hold on tonight."
Yu Qizhe still had the coldness left over from the battle on the battlefield. He asked, "Did the pigeons we sent out bring back any news?"
Lu Jin shook his head, knowing that he was worried about Yu Jiao, and comforted him, "If Ji Wudao really did something to your sister-in-law, he would have threatened you to open the city gates with her. Your sister-in-law should be safe. It's safer outside than in Kyoto right now."
Yu Qizhe nodded. As agreed before leaving, she should be on her way back to Beijing. She wondered if the news of the war in the capital had reached her ears. Would she be in a hurry to travel because she was worried about herself?
Yu Qizhe stood wearily on the city wall, looking at the setting sun in the sky. He hoped that she could come back so that he could see her and know that she was safe. He also hoped that after she learned about the war in Kyoto, she would stay in a safe place and not return to the capital.
When everything was settled, he went to pick her up.
"Sir, we only have less than 10,000 soldiers left in our three camps." The commander of the Shenshu Camp had a bitter look on his face. The commander of the Wujun Camp died in battle on the tower last night, and the commander of the Shenji Camp was also seriously injured and could no longer fight. He was the only commander of the three camps who still had the strength to fight. He was puzzled, "It's been two days, why hasn't the emperor sent the Xianyang Guards to quell the rebellion?"
Yu Qizhe stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the setting sun in the sky. He had never counted on the Xianyang guards, and he was really waiting for someone else.
"Liu Ci Fu is here." said a soldier.
Yu Qizhe turned around and said to the commander of the Shenshu Camp, "Let the soldiers have a good rest." Then he went to see Liu Yu.
That night, the first heavy rain after late autumn fell. Ji Wudao was overjoyed. This was a good time to attack the city. Yu Qizhe's plan to defend the city by pouring hot oil and setting off flaming arrows was no longer effective. It seemed that the heavens were helping him!
Ji Wudao immediately gave orders, blew the horn, and ordered his soldiers to attack the city again.
The night was thick, and the sound of heavy rain and fighting concealed the orderly and murderous army in the distance that was as orderly as a dark cloud covering a city. They rushed towards the direction of Zhongshengjing City, led by two people, one dressed in a white robe with a gentle scholarly look, and the other was wearing armor and was exceptionally tall and mighty.
Ji Wudao only discovered it when people arrived and hurriedly recalled the soldiers attacking the city to meet the enemy.
Yu Qizhe stood on the towering tower, his clothes soaked, looking at the army approaching from afar. Under the cover of thunder and rain, the three characters "Weining Army" could be vaguely seen on the battle flag. Yu Qizhe raised his hand to wipe the blood from his forehead, and said calmly, "The reinforcements have arrived."
The originally low morale of the three camps of soldiers suddenly became excited after hearing this. They all looked down the tower and saw soldiers beating drums and shouting, "Reinforcements are here, reinforcements are here!"
The loud shouts and the sound of war drums made people's blood boil and their hearts surge. For a moment, the shouts of killing shook the sky, and the army rushing to support attacked the rebels from the front and back.
When Ji Wudao saw the man wearing armor and leading the troops sitting on the tall horse, a hint of panic flashed in his eyes. It was Xiao Ning!
No wonder the reinforcements turned out to be the Weining Army.
Many of the rebels were Xiao Ning’s former subordinates. Seeing their former general again, they were filled with ashamed. When they saw that the reinforcements were the Weining Army from Datong, they immediately lost their composure. How could they still be brave?
The armies of the three major military towns were all built up by Xiao Ning. However, after Xiao Ning was framed for embezzling military pay and collaborating with the enemy and treason, the military power of Taiyuan Prefecture and Xuan Prefecture was taken over by Ji Wudao. Only the Datong Weining Army, the elite army under Xiao Ning, refused to obey Ji Wudao's orders.
"It's General Xiao and the Weining Army!" Many of the rebels shouted in a low voice, and some even stopped raising their sabers to fight.
A small number of them were willing to join Ji Wudao in the rebellion because they were dissatisfied with the emperor and the court's deliberate frame-up of General Xiao and harbored resentment towards Emperor Mingzheng. Now that they saw Xiao Ning wearing armor again, they just wanted to follow him as they did in the past, so they surrendered without a fight.
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