Chapter 168: Only the Choice of Giving Up the Light and Preserving the Heavy
The roaring fire caused roars, curses, and wails to echo in the palace.
Finally, some people who were leaning against the bridge railings could no longer bear it. They looked at the frozen canal below through the hollows, climbed over the railings that were taller than them with all their might, and jumped down.
Unexpectedly, the canal was not frozen very thick, and it broke a hole when it hit the canal.
When the raging fire and ice water came into contact, a puff of white mist rose up, and the wound was extremely painful.
But, fortunately, the fire was out.
Once there was one, there were two, and soon they all squeezed to both sides. Regardless of whether they could swim or not, they all climbed up the fence with their hands and feet, and flipped down like dumplings.
Someone went down to put out the fire, swam to the shore and kept shivering. Someone jumped in but was unlucky and hit the thick ice, his head burst into pieces, and soon he became motionless.
Fearing that Su Rui might have some more vicious tricks up her sleeve, no one else dared to rush to rescue her.
Everyone watched this hellish scene with their own eyes, but in the end, not many people rushed forward as pioneers.
Most of those who jumped survived, but those who were squeezed in the middle and couldn't climb out for half a day were basically burned to death.
Under the impact, most of the mob did not dare to rush forward rashly. They looked at each other, hoping that someone would take the lead.
And Su Rui kept staring at those people.
From their posture and eyes, it can be seen that those people are the leaders of this group.
Su Rui saw determination in their eyes.
The real attack is coming.
Su Rui exchanged glances with Zhuiyue, and everyone was on high alert.
Seeing the leader of the opposite side waving his hand, the people standing behind him immediately rushed forward.
They are not a mob that has been instigated. Each of them has some skills and knows how to take advantage of numbers.
Some people attacked the bridge, some people cut down the tall willow trees beside the canal to make a single-log bridge, and the other part ran to both sides of the canal, trying to go around from the end.
The mob chose to follow three teams.
There were a huge crowd of them, at least four or five hundred people. Even though their kung fu was not worth seeing compared with Zhuiyue and the others, it would still take them a while to fight one by one.
On Su Rui's side, there were only fifty or sixty people in the entire mansion, but no one retreated. Seeing the enemy coming towards them, those with bows immediately shot arrows.
They used to make a living by hunting, and even if the opponent tried to dodge, they could still hit the target eight out of ten times.
Those holding knives, guns, sticks and clubs wanted to surround the rockery where Su Rui was standing with their backs against it to protect Su Rui if the enemy broke through.
Ruirui also held the dagger tightly in his hand, stood with his legs apart, and could not assume the fighting stance that Uncle Zhuifeng had taught him. But he said in a childish but resolute voice: "I'm not afraid, Ruirui protector, Dede!"
Su Rui rubbed Ruirui's head and looked at the people on the opposite side with sharp eyes. Many people chose to walk on the single-plank bridge. Not facing the most powerful palace guards in the palace would be the choice of most people.
It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm.
so……
"pull!"
Su Rui gave an order and a man jumped down from the tree on the opposite bank.
Before the other party could react when this person hid here, he saw the man fly to the river bank and throw the thick hemp rope in his hand to the other side.
The person who had been waiting on the other side took it over. Without giving the mob any time to react, the two of them quickly twisted the rope, pulled it straight, and ran forward in unison.
The thick hemp rope swept across the single-plank bridge, and the people on it were caught off guard and lost their balance and fell down.
Some people who reacted quickly grabbed the hemp rope with both hands to avoid falling.
But the two of them didn't even need to communicate with each other through eye contact. They both shook the hemp rope, and it shook like waves. The rope was thick and rough, and it hurt when it hit their arms, so they immediately let go of their hands.
Seeing this, the people on the two log bridges at the back wanted to run quickly to the other side, but the person pulling the rope on the shore ran much faster than them.
The person on the single-plank bridge in front struggled hard, trying to delay the rope, and the people on the shore also reacted and reached out to grab the person who was pulling the rope.
The last group of people on the single-plank bridge got time and moved forward quickly.
But as soon as they touched the shore, arrows flew towards them, making them flee in all directions.
The leader on the other side was biting his back teeth to pieces.
I originally thought that with so many people rushing in, we could handle it in a few moves, but I didn't expect that Prince Yong's concubine would be so difficult to deal with and had prepared so many things. I couldn't break her in for a long time.
He even felt that he was not bullying women in the inner house, but marching and fighting on the battlefield.
If you delay any longer, you'll be finished.
The superiors have instructed that it must be done within half an hour.
"Don't be stunned, we have more people and they don't have enough arrows, charge!"
There was no time to waste. The leader gave an order and asked everyone to rush forward.
In the end, they had the advantage in numbers. With all their strength, they swarmed towards the other side of the river like locusts.
Su Rui had indeed prepared a lot these days, but facing the nearly thousands of people pouring in, the few hundred arrows she had prepared were simply not enough.
The people circling the river on both sides had also gathered around, surrounding them on three sides.
After crossing the canal, Su Rui and the others lost their barrier. Even if they used those moves again, only a small number of them would be killed or injured.
The winner has already been determined.
"retreat!"
Su Rui shouted.
When Zhuiyue and the others heard the sound, they looked back and immediately gave up fighting and retreated.
Like everyone else in the mansion, he retreated to the foot of the rockery, weapons tightly gripped in his hands, his eyes sharp as he stared at the mob that kept surrounding him.
Their eyes were glowing green, filled with greed.
It seemed as if Su Rui and the others were not human beings in their eyes, but charcoal fire, food, and everything they needed to survive.
Su Rui didn't dare to blink, staring at those people closely, calculating over and over in her mind whether the distance was enough.
She knew that relying solely on the people in the mansion would not be enough to resist the mob.
So, she had buried gunpowder in the black soil on the river bank long ago, and just now had people shovel away most of the snow, leaving only a thin layer to cover it.
However, there wasn't much gunpowder available, so she had to ensure enough people were within range to explode the bomb in one fell swoop.
The noise and screams were loud enough to wake up the deaf people outside.
After all, this is Prince Yong's mansion. The government can pretend to be ignorant for a short period of time, but if the noise is loud enough and everyone hears it, it is unacceptable for the government to pretend to be ignorant.
As for the charge of killing too many civilians, she couldn't consider it at the moment and could only choose to give up the lighter and save the more important.
Seeing that enough people had entered the range, Su Rui raised the crossbow again and lit the arrow.
Others with bows and arrows followed suit, tied oilcloth to the arrowheads, lit flames, and aimed at the black land, waiting for Su Rui's order.
"stop!"
Just as Su Rui was about to pull the trigger on the crossbow and open her mouth to shout "release", a childish voice sounded from the other side of the river.
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