Chapter 479: Capturing a brave general with wisdom, a surprising change in the whistle
Wu Huanlie tightened his arms, holding the unconscious Chu Ruohan's entire body against his chest, and roared towards the city.
"Gu Junze! If you dare to take another step forward, don't blame me for being ruthless. I will make you watch your woman bleed to death!"
He held Chu Ruohan hostage and retreated cautiously towards the inside of the city wall, looking around, obviously looking for an opportunity to escape.
At the foot of the city, Gu Junze witnessed Chu Ruohan being knocked unconscious and abducted, his eyes reddened. "Wu Huan Lie! If you dare to hurt a hair on her head, I will tear you into pieces and leave no grass growing in your Beiyan!"
He roared, drew his bow again, and pointed the arrow directly at the city wall.
However, Wuhuan Lie protected Chu Ruohan so tightly that he could not find any opportunity to attack, and was helpless for a while.
"General!" The deputy general beside Gu Junze urged anxiously, "Our army has been attacking from the capital day and night, and has gone through a series of bloody battles. The soldiers are already exhausted."
"If we let the tiger go back into the mountains now, there will be endless troubles!"
Gu Junze knew very well that opportunities for victory on the battlefield were fleeting.
At this critical moment, Chu Ruohan, who was "unconscious" in Wuhuan Lie's arms, trembled slightly.
She had been enduring the severe pain in the back of her neck, waiting for this moment!
Wu Huanlie's entire attention was focused on Gu Junze under the city and how to escape, and his vigilance towards the "weak and powerless" woman in his arms had been reduced to the lowest level.
Chu Ruohan suddenly opened her eyes and her body spun at an incredible angle.
The right hand that had been hidden in the sleeve, with two silver needles flashing with cold light, fiercely stabbed at the big holes on the side of Wuhuan Lie's neck and chest!
These two silver needles were given to her by Doctor Qian for self-defense when she left Pingzhou. The needle tips were quenched with a special anesthetic, making them small and concealed, making them perfect for unexpected attacks!
Just now, when Wuhuan Lie chopped down with his knife, she subconsciously turned her head to relieve most of the force, and then pretended to faint, just for this moment, to capture Wuhuan Lie.
Although she is a woman, she also understands the principle of capturing the leader first!
"Ugh..." Wu Huanlie only felt two sharp pains in his neck and chest, and then a strong sense of numbness quickly spread throughout his body.
He felt weak all over, his arms went limp, and he could no longer exert any strength.
Chu Ruohan took the opportunity to break free from his control and took several steps back.
"Get it!"
Almost at the same time, Ying Yi, Song Ruyan and others who had been lurking on the side, looking for opportunities, immediately pounced!
Ying Yiyi slashed the wrist of Wuhuan Lie holding the bone whistle, and the black bone whistle, which was more exquisite than Zhao Chengyu's, flew out of his hand.
Another shadow guard was quick-witted and caught the bone whistle in mid-air.
The other shadow guards worked together to pin the limp Wuhuan Lie to the ground, and placed the cold blade on his neck.
The incident happened too quickly. From Chu Ruohan's rebellion to Wu Huanlie's capture, it was just a blink of an eye!
Gu Junze pointed his toes and rushed up to the city wall like an arrow, holding Chu Ruohan tightly in his arms.
His voice trembled slightly with fear: "Han'er! How are you? Are you hurt?"
Chu Ruohan was in his arms, feeling his familiar breath and rapid heartbeat. Her tense nerves finally relaxed and she shook her head.
"I'm fine... Junze, it's great that you're back."
However, before the warmth could spread——
“Woo——!”
A sharper and more eerie whistle sounded from outside the city without any warning!
Gu Junze turned around abruptly. Wu Huanlie had been subdued. Then that whistle...
Outside the city, countless "ghost soldiers" dressed in black and wearing green-faced, fang-shaped masks emerged in large numbers!
Their number is more than ten times that of the small team summoned by Zhao Chengyu in the capital!
And at the forefront of the group of ghost soldiers, stood a figure.
It was a woman, dressed in elaborate and gorgeous Northern Yan court attire, with a golden mask painted with strange totems on her face, revealing only a pair of eyes.
In her hand, she was holding a bone whistle similar to the one Wuhuan Lie had.
Gu Junze was shocked. He had experienced how difficult and fearless these ghost soldiers were in the capital.
The Pingzhou Army had just experienced a series of bloody battles and was already exhausted. Faced with this group of monsters who knew no pain and only knew how to kill, they instantly fell into a disadvantage.
Screams rang out one after another, and blood dyed the land under the city wall red.
"Protect the madam!" Gu Junze protected Chu Ruohan behind him and said to Song Ruyan quickly, "Ruyan, take the madam back to the city wall and guard the city gate!"
Song Ruyan took the order and was about to retreat while protecting Chu Ruohan.
At this critical moment, from behind the endless ghost army camp, there suddenly came a louder shout of killing and the sound of weapons clashing!
A well-equipped and powerful army attacked from the tail end of the ghost army's formation straight into the heart!
The flag of that army had the word "Duan" embroidered on it!
The ghost soldiers' rear formation was in chaos, and the originally tight formation was torn open by this sudden attack.
The leading general, wearing black armor, was none other than the great general Wang of Zheng State, Duan Qingye!
Behind him were tens of thousands of Zheng State's elite troops, who were now facing those ghost soldiers.
A trace of surprise flashed across Princess Beiyan's eyes, and then she whistled even more sharply and quickly.
Those ghost soldiers who were originally attacking frantically seemed to have heard some kind of command. They all stopped their attacks, began to slowly retreat, regrouped, and guarded the Princess of Beiyan.
Gu Junze looked at the Zheng army that suddenly appeared, then glanced at the mysterious Princess of Beiyan, his brows furrowed.
He jumped off the city wall and came to a place not far from Duan Qingye.
"Why are you here?" Gu Junze's voice was a little wary.
Duan Qingye chopped a ghost soldier who tried to approach him away with a halberd, wiped the blood from his face, and snorted coldly: "Northern Yan has produced such a bunch of ghosts. After destroying Eastern Jin, the next step is my Zheng State!"
"This king understands the principle of lips and teeth being cold!"
In this chaotic battlefield, the father and son stood side by side for the first time and faced a powerful enemy together.
Seeing that the surprise attack failed and with the reinforcements, the Princess of Beiyan gave up the fight and blew the bone whistle again. The ghost soldiers retreated like a tide and soon disappeared.
On the city wall, Chu Ruohan's eyes were fixed on the departing figure of the Princess of Beiyan, as if she was thinking about something.
Outside the city gate, Gu Junze and Duan Qingye's armies were facing each other, and the atmosphere was somewhat subtle.
Duan Qingye reined in his horse and, looking at the tightly closed city gate, he roared angrily, "Gu Junze! I just helped you repel the enemy, and you won't even let me through the city gate?!"
Gu Junze had a blank expression on his face: "Letting you in is like inviting a wolf into the house. Who knows if you will turn your guns against my Pingzhou Army?"
Duan Qingye was so angry that he took a deep breath, his chest heaving violently. Finally, he suppressed the anger in his heart and ordered the deputy general behind him: "Pass the order, retreat ten miles and set up camp!"
"Yes!" The deputy general took the order and left.
Duan Qingye then turned around and said to Gu Junze in a bad mood: "Is that all right? I can go in alone, right?"
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