Chapter 478: Capture the leader first, and it turns out to be a woman?
The deafening roar was heard again. This time, a gap was opened in the gate of the city wall due to the Beiyan army's repeated attacks at all costs.
"It's open! The city gate is open!"
"Charge in! The first one to rush through Yumen Pass will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins and promoted three ranks!"
The Northern Yan soldiers rushed towards the city gate like hungry wolves seeing blood.
When Northern Yan's chief general Wuhuan Lie saw this, a bloodthirsty excitement flashed in his eyes.
He grabbed the long sword handed to him by his personal guard, raised it high, and shouted sternly: "Warriors! Follow me and charge!"
He took the lead and rushed straight to the gap in the city gate.
On the city wall, Chu Ruohan's face was pale, but her eyes were still firm.
"Stop the gap! Fight to the death!" she ordered sternly.
Song Ruyan had already led the Pingzhou soldiers and shadow guards in a desperate fight with the influx of the Northern Yan army at the gap.
Wuhuan Lie had sharp eyes and immediately saw the figure on the city wall who was still standing tall in the chaotic battlefield.
"It's a woman," he said with a fierce laugh. "Catch the leader first!"
He turned his horse around and gave up the idea of attacking through the gap, and instead rode to the foot of the city wall.
He tapped his toes on the stirrups and leaped up like a roc spreading its wings. He inserted the long sword in his hand into the cracks in the bricks and stones of the city wall and used the force to climb up again.
He was so agile that he didn't look like a general commanding thousands of troops, but more like an experienced assassin.
After a few ups and downs, Wuhuan Lie had climbed up to the city wall like a ferocious monster!
"Protect the lady!" Several guards roared and rushed towards Wuhuan Lie, but were easily swept away by the long sword in his hand, and fell off the city wall with screams.
Chu Ruohan's pupils shrank. She recognized this person. It was Wuhuan Lie, the commander-in-chief of Northern Yan!
He subconsciously took a step back, his hand already on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
The sword was used by Gu Junze for her self-defense. It was exquisite, but not a sharp weapon for the battlefield.
Wu Huanlie grinned: "Are you Gu Junze's woman?" His voice was hoarse with a strong Northern Yan accent.
Chu Ruohan forced herself to remain calm, her fingertips turning white from the force. She suddenly drew out her sword, pointing the tip at Wuhuan Lie, even though her arms were shaking slightly.
A flash of surprise flashed across Wu Huanlie's eyes, then turned into deeper contempt. "He's quite courageous, but unfortunately, he's just a pretty face."
Chu Ruohan knew that she was no match for this man. Rather than being captured, it would be better...
"Madam!" Seeing this, Song Ruyan's eyes were bloodshot. She wanted to go back to help, but she was entangled by several elite soldiers of Beiyan and could not escape.
The shadow guards were also engaged in a tough battle. The Northern Yan army's offensive was too fierce. Although they could fight ten enemies at a time, they were unable to cope with the situation.
Wuhuan Lie approached step by step, looking at the beauty with a teasing look.
"Gu Junze put a delicate beauty like you on the battlefield. Does he think that Beiyan has no one, or is he incompetent?"
He reached out and tried to pinch Chu Ruohan's chin.
A look of determination flashed in Chu Ruohan's eyes, and she stepped back suddenly.
"Want to die?" Wu Huanlie's eyes became fierce and he moved faster, grabbing her wrist with such force that he almost crushed her bones.
"Death in my hands, Wu Huanlie, is not so easy!"
At this moment, a more passionate and louder trumpet sound suddenly came from outside the city!
A general flag embroidered with a huge Chinese character "Gu" appeared in everyone's sight like a sharp sword breaking through the clouds!
"It's Gu Ziqi! It's the general! The general is back!" On the city wall, a sharp-eyed Pingzhou soldier shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice filled with ecstasy of having escaped from a desperate situation.
"The general is back! Our reinforcements have arrived!"
This cry was like a spark that set the field ablaze, instantly igniting the hope of all the defenders.
Immediately afterwards, the earth-shaking sound of horse hooves rolled in from the distance.
"Gu Junze!" Wuhuan Lie gritted his teeth, almost squeezing out the name from between his teeth.
How could it be so fast! Is the war in the capital over?
Gu Junze attacked from the rear of the Northern Yan army, forming a pincer attack from the front and back.
Chu Ruohan also saw the figure she had been thinking about day and night, "Jun Ze!"
Wuhuan Lie knew very well that the situation was hopeless.
His gaze shifted and fell on Chu Ruohan again, with a fierce gleam in his eyes.
"Gu Junze came just in time! Let him see with his own eyes how his woman fell into my hands!"
He stopped teasing her, suddenly reached out his hand, grabbed Chu Ruohan's arm, and tried to take her away.
"Wu Huanlie! Let her go!"
Gu Junze rode his horse and stood not far below the city, drew his bow and arrow, locking his sight on Wuhuan Lie on the city wall from a distance.
“Whoosh!”
The bowstring vibrated, and the arrow flew out, shooting straight into Wuhuan Lie's face!
Wu Huanlie's heart trembled, and he suddenly turned sideways, and at the same time subconsciously pulled Chu Ruohan's body in front of him, trying to use her as a shield.
Chu Ruohan screamed, but at this moment she twisted her body hard and slammed her elbow backwards.
“Puff!”
The arrow flew past Wuhuan Lie's cheek, leaving a trail of blood, and finally nailed the flagpole not far behind him.
Wuhuan Lie felt a sharp burning pain on his face. He reached out and wiped his hands, which were covered in blood.
If he had been a little slower, or if Chu Ruohan hadn't struggled, it would have been his head that had been pierced!
"Good! What a great Gu Junze!" Wuhuan Lie laughed in anger, with an even more fierce look in his eyes.
He didn't expect that even from such a distance, Gu Junze's arrows were still so accurate and ruthless.
When Chu Ruohan saw Gu Junze, she didn't want to be a burden to him.
She struggled hard, trying to break free from Wu Huanlie's grip: "Let me go! You despicable villain!"
Her wrist was so painful from being gripped by Wuhuan Lie's big, iron-like hands, but she continued to twist and kick.
"Bitch! You still dare to resist!" Wu Huanlie was a little impatient with her struggle.
He also saw that Gu Junze's army had begun to attack the gap in the city gate, and his own soldiers were retreating step by step, which made him even more anxious.
He didn't want to get entangled with Chu Ruohan anymore, so he raised his left hand suddenly and slashed Chu Ruohan's neck with his knife.
Chu Ruohan only felt a pain in the back of her neck, and her vision suddenly went black. Her body fell limply and she lost consciousness.
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