Cries for help, wails, and screams rang out one after another, and Lu Yanzheng led his men to the end of the village.
At the same time, the Northwest Army, which had been lying in ambush around Dingshui Village, also arrived, and the two sides were caught in a melee.
"Your Highness, something's not right with these people!" Lu Yanzheng's personal guards couldn't help but shout after exchanging a few blows with them.
After forcing back the people around him with his long sword, Lu Yanzheng said coldly, "They are all elite soldiers of the Western Qiang, and are very likely the secret guard of the Western Qiang King."
Legend has it that the King of the Western Qiang raised three thousand elite soldiers. These three thousand men were all trained to be death warriors, and they were not ordinary death warriors. All those who could be selected for this team were carefully chosen and trained through various cruel methods.
A similar example is that each of these three thousand assassins was selected in the same way as raising poisonous insects.
Even Hanba didn't know the true identities of these people, only assuming they were soldiers skilled in jungle warfare. But seeing the murderous aura they exuded, he instantly realized who they were.
Everyone says that the king's most beloved son is the fifth prince. He didn't quite believe it before, after all, the king had previously announced the death of the fifth prince. But now he believes it.
Having figured this out, Hanba became even more courageous, shouting, "Charge! Kill them and rescue the Fifth Prince!"
They naturally had connections in Yongshan County as well, and had already discovered that Jiang Chengyou was being held captive at Jiang Qinyu's house. Therefore, these people deliberately rushed towards Jiang Qinyu's house.
Seeing this, Lu Yanzheng suddenly shouted, "Stop them!"
The elite of the Western Qiang troops brought by Hanba were not to be underestimated by the Northwest Army. Moreover, Wei Chengzhong had already laid an ambush of two thousand men nearby because Lu Yanzheng was there. With their numerical advantage, the Northwest Army temporarily fought to a draw with the Western Qiang troops.
Lu Yanzheng's face was ashen. The current situation was very unfavorable to them, and they had to end this situation as soon as possible.
However, since he was in the village and had not prepared any gunpowder or weapons, it would be very difficult for him to deal with thousands of assassins with his bare hands.
However, that's not the worst of it.
"Your Highness, something terrible has happened! All the houses in the village are on fire, and the fire is huge. Water can't put it out! What should we do?" someone rushed in to report.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yanzheng's expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Yang Meng, you take three hundred men to help put out the fire. The rest of you must fight to the death to prevent these people from getting through!"
"yes!"
Yang Meng withdrew from the battlefield, taking three hundred men with her, instantly increasing the pressure on Lu Yanzheng's side.
But Lu Yanzheng charged forward fearlessly, and even the most ruthless warriors had to avoid his sharp edge and unconsciously stayed away from him.
Upon seeing this, Lu Yanzheng immediately broke off a branch from a nearby tree. His large hand slid swiftly across the branch, and in the next moment, the dark green leaves shot towards the Western Qiang assassins like knives!
"Watch out!" Hanba shouted, and quickly retreated.
Seeing this, the Northwest Army's morale soared, and they charged forward shouting battle cries.
Meanwhile, Village Chief Li led the villagers to put out the fire, but no matter how much water they poured, the fire was not greatly affected, and in some places it even burned more fiercely!
"Oh God, what are we going to do? The fire is so big, are we just going to stand by and watch it?"
"Village chief, please think of something! I only took the important things out of my house, everything else is still inside! But there's no way anyone can get back in!"
"What should I do, what should I do..."
The villagers were thrown into chaos, futilely carrying water to put out the fire, everyone anxiously running around in circles.
Village Chief Li was also extremely anxious, but Meng Tianze threw down the bucket in his hand, shouted "I'm going to find my sister-in-law, she'll definitely know what to do," and ran away.
However, before he could reach Jiang Qinyu's house, Jiang Qinyu had already run over quickly.
"Listen to me, everyone! Stop using water to put out the fire! You can't put out this fire with water!" Jiang Qinyu shouted at the crowd, ignoring Meng Tianze.
Village Chief Li was dumbfounded upon hearing this, "If we can't use water, what can we use?"
He was so anxious he didn't know what to do, but he was at a loss for what to do.
Jiang Qinyu quickly said, "Uncle Village Chief, immediately have everyone go to the south of the village, near the market, to fetch mud and sand. Be quick!"
"Huh? Mud and sand?" Village Chief Li was stunned, then nodded subconsciously, "Okay, okay, pick out the mud and sand..."
At his command, all the able-bodied men in Dingshui Village carried baskets and headed south.
Because of the previous construction of the market there, there were some leftover building materials and a lot of mud and sand. Moreover, it was close to the dam, so even if the mud and sand ran out, they could immediately go to the dam to dig new ones.
Jiang Qinyu stood at the village entrance, her gaze icy.
She never imagined that these people would use crude oil to burn down the village!
They're completely leaving no way for the people of Dingshui Village to survive!
Just thinking about this made Jiang Qinyu's anger rise.
Having lived in peaceful China for so long, she might subconsciously give people a way out when she arrives here, and wouldn't kill them.
However, now others want her life, Shufan and Pan'er's lives, and even more so, the lives of the people of Dingshui Village!
No, who knows, they might even try to kill the people of the four northwestern states in the future!
Jiang Qinyu flipped her right hand, and a talisman appeared in her palm.
Her gaze was fixed on Dingshui Village, which was engulfed in flames. Did those people ask her before they wanted to take their lives?
She won't agree!
At this moment, Village Chief Li and the others had returned carrying mud and sand, and they all sprinkled it onto the fire source on the ground as Jiang Qinyu had instructed.
When crude oil catches fire, the safest thing to do is to cut off the oxygen supply, preventing the oil from contacting the air, and the fire will naturally extinguish itself.
However, the village had only recently been expanded, and its area was more than twice as large as before. Even if Village Chief Li and the others worked themselves to death, it would be impossible to put out all the fires in a short time.
Jiang Qinyu was about to run towards the end of the village when Aping stopped her, "Your Highness, you mustn't!"
Ah Ping thought she was going to take the risk herself, so he firmly stood in front of her and kept shaking his head.
Jiang Qinyu stared at him intently and said only three words, "Trust me!"
Aping was stunned, then hesitated for a moment before stepping aside. "Your Highness, I trust you, but I must follow you!"
“No, you go protect Father, Mother, Shufan, Pan’er, and Grandpa Lu. You absolutely cannot let anything happen to them. Leave the rest to me,” Jiang Qinyu said firmly.
Seeing her certainty, Aping finally stepped aside, saying, "Your Highness, please be careful!"
Jiang Qinyu nodded and ran towards the end of the village without hesitation.
The talisman in her hand could extinguish fires over a large area, but it couldn't cover the entire village, and this scene couldn't be seen by others; she had to do it herself.
On Lu Yanzheng's side, the Northwest Army was in a continuous retreat. If it weren't for Lu Yanzheng and dozens of experts holding off the enemy at the front, these people would have already stormed into the village.
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