Zhongzhou briefly welcomed its first victory, and the people in the city were all excited. After half a month of gloomy weather, the first ray of sunshine finally shone through.

But outside Zhongzhou City, Dongchen's soldiers had not retreated yet and were still eyeing Zhongzhou covetously.

Inside the provincial government office, Chu Xuan frowned as he looked at the topographic map of Zhongzhou in front of him. "Dongchen has 300,000 soldiers. Although the vanguard camp has been surrounded by us from three directions, the main force is still there. The food and grass we brought to Zhongzhou can only supply less than a month, so we have to think of a way to end this battle as soon as possible."

All the generals present nodded in agreement, feeling very relieved.

After a while, Cheng Ruoxue spoke first: "Your Highness is right. We must fight fast with fast. I received news before that the reason why Dongchen is so anxious to conquer Tianji is actually because the Emperor Dongchen is old, and the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince are fighting. The Fourth Prince is in favor of the battle. He is the one leading the troops this time, so he is more anxious than us."

After hearing this, Chu Xuan fell silent. What this battle lacked now was an opportunity.

"Report!" Along with the guards' hurried footsteps, a deafening roar tore through the silent night sky of Zhongzhou.

"What's going on?" Everyone stood up hurriedly and looked outside.

The guard who reported the news quickly ran over and shouted, "Your Highness! It's bad. The enemy is attacking at night. There are people outside the city now. They have already started to attack the city!"

"What? How come it's so fast!" Upon hearing that the enemy was attacking the city, everyone began to panic.

Chu Xuan's face was tense. He picked up the sword in front of him and said solemnly, "Don't panic, everyone! We are wearing armor and will fight as soon as we get here. There is no need to panic! Cheng Ruoxue, you will lead the Cheng family army to the city wall immediately to block the enemy from attacking the city. I will lead my men out of the city to fight!"

"Your Highness, you can't do that!" Cheng Ruoxue stopped him, saying, "I will lead the people out of the city. Your Highness is now concerned about the safety of Zhongzhou and cannot take any risks."

Chu Xuan looked at Cheng Ruoxue, his eyes full of love: "Obey the military order, General Cheng, I will entrust this Zhongzhou City and A Luo to you."

When he pushed the door open, the air was filled with smoke. Chu Xuan remained calm and took the first step towards the battlefield calmly.

Behind him is his homeland, his friends, and his beloved ones. He has to fight this battle no matter what.

In the backyard of the yamen, Lu Yanluo was picking up the herbs at hand and began to feel inexplicably flustered.

A group of soldiers ran quickly past the door, and Lu Yanluo quickly put down what she was holding and chased after them.

After leaving the hospital, the tense atmosphere outside became more and more obvious. Everyone had a serious look and looked alert.

Lu Yanluo became more and more certain that something must have happened in Zhongzhou.

Without thinking, Lu Yanluo walked quickly to the front yard, and unexpectedly ran into Cheng Ruixue who came over. Lu Yanluo hurriedly stopped her and said, "Sister Cheng, is there something wrong?"

Cheng Ruoxue felt relieved when she saw the person she was looking for. Chu Xuan had specially handed Lu Yanluo to her before leaving. No matter what, she had to protect Lu Yanluo.

"Yanluo, Dongchen is attacking the city. Zhongzhou is not safe now. I have sent a battalion of soldiers to escort you out of the city overnight. You should pack your things and leave as soon as possible."

Lu Yanluo's face darkened, and she said in a steady tone: "I can't leave, Sister Cheng, tell me where Chu Xuan is, I have to go find him."

Cheng Ruoxue said anxiously: "The prince has already led his troops out of the city to fight, and I have to go to the tower immediately. Yanluo, don't be willful, you must listen to me! The war is imminent, the prince handed you over to me, I must ensure your safety!"

Unexpectedly, Lu Yanluo stepped back while slowly shaking her head, looking at Cheng Ruoxue with clear eyes: "I won't leave, Sister Cheng, I'm sorry!"

Lu Yanluo turned around and ran, ignoring the calls from the people behind her.

The battle lasted until dawn. Cheng Ruoxue walked down from the city wall exhausted. After a night of hard fighting, the city was finally defended.

"Come here." Cheng Ruoxue said hoarsely, "Hurry up and go to the city to find the princess, and send another team to the outside of the city to meet the prince."

"General..." The guard hesitated, "The prince's guards have just returned. The prince...he is missing! It was too dark at that time, and the princess was separated by the enemy. Her whereabouts are still unknown. The princess just received the news and has left the city..."

Cheng Ruoxue felt dizzy and seemed to be about to faint in the next second: "Go find Wen Jie! Go!"

Outside the city gate, corpses were everywhere. Standing in the sea of ​​blood and corpses, Lu Yanluo truly understood what it meant to have a river of blood.

Following the last location of Chu Xuan as stated by the personal guards, Lu Yanluo began to search. She believed that Chu Xuan would be fine, and she was still waiting for him to come back.

There were traces of horse hooves in the grass not far away. Lu Yanluo gritted her teeth and followed the traces.

No matter whether it was left by Chu Xuan or by the enemy, we can only make a conclusion after seeing it.

The further we walked, the further we were from the Zhongzhou city gate and the deeper we went into the jungle.

While searching, Lu Yanluo carefully distinguished the sounds around her, and a very subtle sound came into her ears.

Lu Yanluo held her breath and followed the sound. It turned out to be a pitch-black warhorse. Lu Yanluo suddenly smiled, tears filling her eyelashes. This warhorse belonged to Chu Xuan.

Since the horse is here, the man will not go far.

Lu Yanluo quickened her pace and searched the surroundings. Sure enough, she found Chu Xuan leaning against a tree not far away.

"Chu Xuan!" Lu Yanluo ran over quickly.

At this moment, Chu Xuan was in a trance, his lips were cracked, and there was an abnormal blush on his face. He had a fever.

There were several obvious knife wounds on his body, the most important of which was...

Lu Yanluo looked at Chu Xuan's right foot with heartache. There was a trap there, which was tightly biting Chu Xuan's foot and was bleeding continuously.

"A'Luo..." Chu Xuan slowly opened his eyes and saw Lu Yanluo's eyes light up for a moment.

"Don't talk yet." Lu Yanluo quickly took out the water bag and carefully fed Chu Xuan a few sips of water. Then she looked at the trap again: "I'm going to take it off now. It will hurt. You have to bear with it."

Chu Xuan was so drunk he didn't know whether he understood what Lu Yanluo said or not, so he just nodded randomly.

Lu Yanluo's face was serious. She decisively reached out and lifted the trap, moving it away from Chu Xuan's feet little by little.

The trap stuck to Chu Xuan's flesh and blood, and the intense pain made Chu Xuan wake up instantly. He looked up at Lu Yanluo who suddenly appeared in front of him, his face full of shock.

"A Luo... why are you here?"

Lu Yanluo threw away the trap that she had finally removed, and regardless of the sweat on her forehead, she quickly poured all the hemostatic powder on her body onto Chu Xuan's feet with trembling hands.

"Don't talk yet." Lu Yanluo said in a deep voice, "Don't speed up the blood flow."