"good!
Since we share the same goals, let's work together to fulfill our last duty!
"Okay, when the fight breaks out, let's stay close together so that even if we go to the underworld, we won't be alone!"
The group of girls chatted for a while, then chose a spot to stand together.
Everyone waited quietly for the great battle to begin.
However, while there was still no movement from the Tatars, a messenger brought them good news.
The man ran up the city wall in one breath, and upon seeing Han Zhongyu, he happily said...
"My lord, we are saved! Tianshui City is saved too!"
The Emperor ordered Situ Ran's troops to support Zhang Jiuying's troops. When my subordinates arrived, Situ Ran's men had already reached Zhang Jiuying's location.
Zhang Jiuying has stabilized the situation and dispatched 15,000 people to support Yixiantian.
Moreover, General Zhang guessed that the situation at Hangu Pass and Tianshui City was also not optimistic, so he ordered Xiao Yi's men at Yixiantian to rest for an hour and then rush over to support Tianshui City.
The messenger has already arrived.
My subordinate rode ahead ahead; I estimate that Xiao Yi's men will arrive by tonight at the latest.
It is said that the battle at Yixiantian was also fierce, and Xiao Yi's 20,000 men were reduced to only 8,000.
However, if these 8,000 men can hold out for another half day, Pei Jie's 50,000-strong army, located 200 li southwest of Tai'an Prefecture, should arrive here soon. Then we can finally have a real, satisfying fight against these Tatar barbarians!
"Really! This is wonderful!"
Not only was Han Zhongyu overjoyed, but everyone around him who heard it was also greatly excited!
Xie Yushu, Qu Xiaodie, and the others hugged each other happily, laughing and jumping.
The disparity between the enemy and ourselves has been too great these past few days, and they are feeling extremely frustrated while defending the city.
Finally, reinforcements are coming! They will surely rout these Tatars and bring glory to our Great Qi!
Unfortunately, what they didn't know was that there are always exceptions, and in any group, there is always a bad apple.
Xiao Yi, whom they had been eagerly awaiting, did not arrive in time, and as a result, many people who should not have lost their lives were left forever on the eve of dawn.
This all started when Xiao Yi defeated the Rouran and the other half of his men took turns resting and regrouping.
Chu Mingzhu figured he had retired from the front lines, and thinking about how hard he had fought, she made him some chicken soup to help him recover, and also to win his favor.
As it turned out, they ran into the Rouran people who had come out of the Bewitching Valley on the way.
The men could tell from the sight that Chu Mingzhu's carriage was unusual, and that she was surrounded by servants. They were starving, having just wandered out of the Bewitching Valley, so they took advantage of the situation and intercepted Chu Mingzhu.
They not only robbed the food, drinks, gold, and jewelry from the carriage, but also killed several of her guards.
Chu Mingzhu was both surprised and frightened, and immediately introduced herself.
"Don't do anything reckless!"
Do you know who I am?!
"Let me tell you, I am Xiao Yi's wife. You know Xiao Yi, right? He's a great general! If you dare lay a finger on a hair on my head, my husband will tear you to pieces!"
Although the Rouran people couldn't fully understand the Qi language, they did understand the name of Xiao Yi, the garrison leader they had fought with for several days.
This woman keeps mentioning Xiao Yi, so she must have a very close relationship with him.
This was truly a case of finding something without even looking for it, so they directly captured Chu Mingzhu and took her to Yixiantian to threaten Xiao Yi into giving up resistance.
Xiao Yi had been fighting all night without sleep. He was just thinking of eating something and getting some rest when he heard a commotion, followed by a report from one of his men.
Chu Mingzhu has been kidnapped by the Rouran people. Now the Rouran people are using Chu Mingzhu to coerce him into immediately ordering him to give up resistance and letting the Rouran army into the city.
Xiao Yi was completely stunned. He didn't understand how Chu Mingzhu ended up in the hands of the Rouran people. But since things had come to this, he could only brace himself and try his best to deal with the Rouran people and rescue Chu Mingzhu!
After a brief stalemate, Xiao Yi feigned agreement to give up resistance and asked them to release Chu Mingzhu first.
The Rouran people weren't stupid, so of course they refused to release the people first, and the two sides started negotiating terms again.
While pretending to stall him, Xiao Yi secretly had his archers circle around behind them, hide in the woods, and each find a target to shoot at, waiting for Xiao Yi's signal.
Once the archers were in position, Xiao Yi gave the signal to attack. The archers fired simultaneously, and the dozen or so people who had kidnapped Chu Mingzhu were all shot in vital areas and fell to the ground dead.
Chu Mingzhu was so frightened that she immediately jumped onto Xiao Yi, crying her eyes out. She said that she was just worried that he hadn't been eating or sleeping well after fighting for several days, so she specially brought him some chicken soup to help him recover. She never expected that she would run into the Rouran people.
Xiao Yi was both moved and ashamed. He thought the Rouran people were after him and that he had implicated Chu Mingzhu.
He hurriedly comforted Chu Mingzhu, saying it was alright and that he hadn't caused her any trouble.
Seeing Chu Mingzhu's distressed expression, he agreed to go home with her and have a meal cooked by her.
Anyway, it's not far from the town, only three or four miles away, which takes less than 15 minutes on horseback.
The replacements had just gone up, and the Rouran had just been driven back by him, so there wouldn't be any immediate problems.
So Xiao Yi rode his horse back to town with Chu Mingzhu, leaving his men to rest on the spot.
As a result, during this brief interval, the messenger from Zhang Jiuying's side arrived before the main rescue army and sent a message to Xiao Yi.
After Xiao Yi brought Chu Mingzhu home, Chu Mingzhu went to the kitchen with great enthusiasm to make him a bowl of shredded chicken noodles.
Xiao Yi was extremely tired and exhausted, so he said
"I'm going to take a nap first. Wake me up when the noodles are ready."
He then went back to his inner room and fell asleep immediately.
Chu Mingzhu then went downstairs.
Just as the noodles were being served, a messenger came looking for them.
Chu Mingzhu was annoyed that he had interrupted her and Xiao Yi's time together. She had barely settled back in her seat when he came looking for her again. So she asked in a cold voice...
"What are you doing here? The general has been fighting all night and his eyes are bloodshot. Didn't someone just go up to relieve him?"
Why are you looking for him again so soon? Can't a person get a break?!
The messenger was also unhappy after being scolded by her, but considering that she was worried about Xiao Yi's hard work in the war, she understood and didn't argue with him. Instead, she spoke to him gently.
"You must be General Xiao's wife. I'm here to deliver military orders to General Xiao. I'll leave once I've delivered the orders to him."
Where is General Xiao?
Chu Mingzhu asked with dissatisfaction.
"What military order? Give it to me, I'll give it to him later!"
"I'm sorry, Madam, this is a military order, and I must personally deliver it to the General."
Please take me to see the general!
Xie Yushu said
"Is this an urgent military order?"
You don't look like you've run yourself ragged. Since it wasn't an urgent military order, why did you have to wake the general? He's been fighting for days. You don't care, but I do!
"Leave it to me, I'll give it to him later!"
The soldier disagreed.
"No, military orders cannot be handed over by others. Although this order does not mean we have to leave immediately, it cannot be delayed. We must depart in one hour."
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