Upon seeing Xie Yushu arrive, Xuanyuan Che asked first.
"Are you here to send me back too?"
I won't leave. With a great battle at hand, what kind of image would I have if I, as a prince of the Great Qi, deserted in the face of battle!
Besides, you're a woman here, and Er Yu, a civil official, is here too. How can I abandon you both?
"I have already written to my elder brother and mother; they will not blame you."
Xie Yushu didn't try to persuade him to go back again. Instead, she sat opposite him, calmly and earnestly looking into his eyes.
“Xuanyuan Che, although you can be a bit willful at times, overall you are a reasonable person who can distinguish right from wrong, and you are kind and righteous.”
It is a great honor for me, Xie Yushu, to have met you in this world. Because of you, you have protected me and the manor in an invisible way. I am truly grateful to you!
This war has also shown me your sense of responsibility and duty as a man.
Yes, I am proud and honored to have a friend like you.
Regarding your heart ailment, there is actually another way to completely cure it, but unfortunately, with the current conditions, we cannot support such a surgery, so I didn't dare to tell you. However, I have already drawn up the relevant items needed for the surgery and given them to the Liu family.
Those things are not easy to manufacture; it might take three to five years or even more than ten years to make them. But you are still young, so there is always hope.
Then you'll be able to jump around freely, and you can love, hate, and experience joy or sorrow without restraint!
So before that happens, no matter what happens, you must not have too many emotional ups and downs. Take good care of yourself, take your medicine on time, and don't be sad or happy, angry or resentful. As long as you are well, I and Han Zhongyu will be at ease.
Got it, understand?
Xuanyuan Che frowned.
"Why are you telling me all this? I don't care. I'm right here with you. If I need anything, you're the one to take care of me!"
Besides, if you didn't perform that surgery, I don't believe you!
Xie Yushu nodded in agreement.
"Okay, I'll try my best to stay by your side and watch over you."
Phew! I fought for two days and saw so many brothers fall before my eyes. It was quite sad.
Let me hug you! I'm a little tired.
Xuan Yuanche felt that Xie Yushu was talking strangely, but thinking about the experiences of the past two days, not only Xie Yushu, but everyone was in a bad mood.
Anxiety, tension, sorrow, and unspeakable fear and pain.
It's understandable that Xie Yushu is mentally exhausted.
So he obediently walked up to Xie Yushu and said...
"Then I'll give you a hug."
Xie Yushu stood up, reached out and hugged his shoulders, holding him tightly for a moment, then gave him some instructions.
"Xuanyuan Che, remember what I said, be obedient!"
Xuanyuan Che nodded habitually and hugged Xie Yushu back.
Just as he was about to say something, Xie Yushu knocked him unconscious with a single blow.
"Your Highness!"
Princess, what are you doing!
Mingyue, the deputy commander of the Divine Eagle Guard beside Xuanyuan Che, asked.
"Summon back fifty Divine Eagle Guards and escort your master back to the capital properly."
The situation here can't be changed by adding thirty or fifty more of you. The remaining Divine Eagle Guards will stay and defend the city with us. Xuan Yuanche has done right by the Great Qi and his status as a prince!
"But……"
"There are no buts. This is an imperial edict, and it is also the will of Lord Han and me!"
Let's hurry and go!
"Well, alright! Then you and Lord Han take care!"
After Mingyue finished speaking, she ordered her men to call back fifty Divine Eagle Guards, who then loaded Xuan Yuanche onto a cart and drove away!
Xie Yushu, along with Nanxing, Qu Xiaodie, Hongmei, Chunyu, and the others, returned to the city wall.
The battle was still fierce, and Xie Yushu and her group had already carried more than twenty people down the way they came.
The enemies below continued to surge forward like a raging tide, and Xie Yushu and the others could only numbly draw their bows and shoot arrows.
Everyone shared a single belief: as long as the people live, the city will stand; if the city falls, the people will perish.
As darkness fell, flocks of pigeons, covered in phosphorus powder and kerosene, silently flew out and returned, repeating this several times until all the phosphorus powder was used up.
Meanwhile, the Tatars entered Tianshui City four days later than expected. Suhebalu and Fuguang both knew that if they delayed any longer, the Qi reinforcements would arrive, and they would fail at the last minute.
Therefore, Sukhbaatar ordered that Tianshui City must be captured before dawn the next day.
Therefore, the Tatars directly launched a human wave attack, sparing no effort to besiege the city!
The heavy city gate had been smashed open, the iron sheeting was broken, and the bolts had been replaced several times.
Seeing that the city gate was about to collapse, the young people in the city filled many sandbags and piled them up layer by layer at the city gate, in case the gate fell and the Tatar army rushed in.
Those who were relieved didn't dare to rest any longer. They ate a bite to eat, dozed off for an hour, and then returned to the city wall.
When the arrows ran out, they had to pull them off from the straw figures and straw curtains as needed.
By late at night, the young men who remained in the city had begun carrying stones onto the city walls.
If we don't have enough arrows, we'll throw stones at them!
Light the remaining kerosene and pour it down.
Everyone mechanically and numbly picked up whatever they could find and threw it over the city walls.
By dawn the next day, some people were already on the city wall, grabbing those who had climbed up the ladder to heaven and jumping down with them, risking their lives to overturn the ladder to the ground.
Nanxing, Chunyu, Hongmei, Qu Xiaodie, and the others went from crying to being unable to cry, and now all they know is to mechanically raise their hands and slash, killing the enemies who climb up.
With the battle at this point, there were very few ordinary soldiers left. Only Han Zhongyu, Lan Ting and their secret guards, Xuan Yuanche's Divine Eagle Guards, the trained guards from Xie Yushu Manor, and Zhao Hu and his men were still holding on.
However, most people also got injured!
By this time, everyone had picked up their preferred weapon.
Xie Yushu carried a long sword, while Qu Xiaodie and Nanxing carried broadswords.
Han Zhongyu chose the halberd, Lan Ting and the others chose spears, and Zhao Hu used a horse-slaying saber.
The others also used swords or spears, and everyone used their last bit of strength to engage the Tatars in close combat.
Just as Xie Yushu and her companions were exhausted and about to collapse, thick smoke finally rose from the rear of the Tatar army.
Han Zhongyu's eyes lit up, and he deliberately roared as he gathered his energy in his dantian.
"The Tatars' supplies have been burned, and their rear has been attacked. Our reinforcements are here!"
The shout was deep and clear, carrying far and wide. When the Tatars heard it, they all turned around and saw thick smoke billowing from their main camp. They panicked, thinking they had really been attacked!
Moreover, they had fought for a day and a night and were exhausted. All they wanted was to finish the battle and have a good meal. But their food supplies were burned, and they were worried about being surrounded. They immediately lost their spirit and threw down their weapons and fled in all directions.
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