"Thank you for your concern, General Xiao. I will be careful."
The messenger finished speaking and then took his leave.
Xiao Yi entered the study and saw a letter on the table with a military order written on it, so he opened it to read.
It was written on it.
"Tianshui City is in imminent danger. I hereby order Xiao Yi's troops to rest for three hours and then rush to Tianshui Branch City to provide reinforcements. At all costs, we must block the Tatars outside the city and wait to join Pei Jie's army to retake Hangu Pass."
The first to come to him for help were Liu Ji and his men who had been guarding the city. When more people came to ask for help, it just so happened that Xiao Yi was changing shifts. So, by some twist of fate, Xiao Yi was unaware that Han Zhongyu and Xie Yushu had also gone to Tianshui City.
Then I wasn't in such a hurry anymore.
Thinking that his soldiers had been fighting for several days, and since he had time anyway, he might as well get some sleep before going.
They thought that the garrison commander of Tianshui City could hold out until he arrived at the time specified in the military order.
After reading the military order, Xiao Yi was no longer in such a hurry. He went back to the living room, ate two large bowls of chicken noodle soup, and then went back to his room for a nap.
He was also told to wake him up an hour and a half later, and at the same time, the cooks were instructed to prepare his rations.
Seeing that Xiao Yi was indeed not in a hurry to leave, Chu Mingzhu was in a great mood and personally went to the kitchen to make some dried meat for Xiao Yi.
Thinking that Xie Yushu was finally going to die, she was excited and wanted to see Xie Yushu's fate, but she was afraid of being too obvious. After thinking about it, she came up with a compromise.
Instead of traveling with Xiao Yi or going to Tianshui City, they went to Siping Town, behind Tianshui City, to wait for news.
This way, she could stay away from the battlefield and still hear news from Tianshui City as soon as possible. If Xie Yushu died, she might even see Xie Yushu's coffin being transported from Siping Town back to Tai'an Prefecture.
Ha! Just thinking about it makes me feel so good!
At that time, she will surely take pity on Xie Yushu and offer her some paper money.
An hour and a half later, Xiao Yi was woken up and began to gather his subordinates to prepare for the march.
Chu Mingzhu reluctantly stuffed the dried meat into Xiao Yi's hands, watching as Xiao Yi and his men disappeared from her sight.
Then she turned around, packed a few changes of clothes, took some silver notes, and asked a few people to escort her to Siping Town, ostensibly to wait for the general there.
Before leaving, she garnered even more goodwill, with everyone praising her loyalty, righteousness, and exemplary conduct as a woman.
When Xiao Yi set off, in Tianshui City, Xie Yushu and Han Zhongyu were doing their best to resist another fierce attack by the Tatars.
Although messengers had told them that Xiao Yi's army would arrive around night, Xie Yushu still felt uneasy, perhaps it was a woman's intuition.
Even though reinforcements were almost here, she didn't know where her anxiety came from.
Even though she had some disagreements with Xiao Yi, she felt that Xiao Yi wouldn't disregard the safety of the Great Qi because of personal grudges.
I never expected Xiao Yi to arrive so late.
Until the Tatars launched another fierce attack, everyone fought with all their might for two hours, and it was almost dawn, but there was still no sign of reinforcements.
Their people fell one by one, and enemy troops continued to surge up the city walls.
As the morning star shone, the city gate finally collapsed with a deafening crash.
Xie Yushu heard the people below the city wall shouting that they were fighting the Tatars to the death, and she also heard the loud crash of sandbags being kicked over.
The worst has come to pass.
The Tatars poured in like water, and Han Zhongyu could only lead Lanting and the others down to stop the enemy from entering the city.
Meanwhile, Xie Yushu, Zhao Huqingfeng, and the others quickly killed the enemies on the city wall and rushed down to join Han Zhongyu in intercepting the enemy troops entering the city.
Han Zhongyu, Lan Ting, Qingfeng, and their guards all exerted their full strength, imbuing their weapons with powerful internal energy. Each strike brought down a large number of enemy soldiers.
Although Xie Yushu, Qu Xiaodie, and Zhao Hu did not possess internal energy, they were all skilled in close combat. They formed a triangular formation, defending against each other, and managed to hold out for a while.
However, there were too many enemy soldiers, and they were all wounded.
Even so, he held on with all his might, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
This was their last hope.
However, their final struggle and defense were shattered when Sukhbaatar, Fuguang, and several Tatar vanguards stormed in.
The principle of "capture the leader first" is well understood. So, as soon as Suhebalu and Fuguang entered, they immediately targeted Han Zhongyu and Xie Yushu. The vanguard then directly confronted Qingfeng Lanting and his group.
The two sides in the battle unknowingly became their respective generals.
Han Zhongyu wielded his halberd with graceful movements, as if swimming with a dragon, his movements almost seamless, making him and his spear one. He fought to a standstill with Sukhbaatar.
Qingfeng and Lanting were also holding their own against the vanguard.
With Xuan Yuanche's Divine Eagle Guards and Han's secret guards providing support, they could hold out for a while longer.
At this moment, Xie Yushu and her group's disadvantages became quite obvious. They could fight several ordinary soldiers at once, but against experts, they were struggling to defend themselves.
Han Zhongyu tried several times to rush over to help, but Sukhbaatar held him back tightly, making him so anxious his eyes were bloodshot. Xie Yushu had obviously seen what was happening on his side and shouted.
Don't worry about me!
Focus on the battle!
She knew in her heart that if Han Zhongyu were to lose, their morale would completely collapse.
So Xie Yushu led the people to a street next door.
Although avoiding Han Zhongyu still worried him, it didn't distract him all the time.
As for Fu Guang and the other young generals who fought against them, it was Fu Guang who deliberately arranged it.
His goal was to capture Xie Yushu alive and force her to hand over Yuquan Manor to him intact. In this way, even if the Tatars took over Daqi, he would still have a great opportunity to make a difference in just a few years, as he controlled Yuquan Manor.
Once they reached this street, there were far fewer people, and both sides took their positions.
However, there were still more people supporting the light, surrounding Xie Yushu, Qu Xiaodie, Nanxing Chunyu, and Hongmei in the middle.
Fu Guang looked at Xie Yushu, and said ambitiously.
“Princess Jingde, I admire you as an extraordinary woman. How about this: you hand over your Yuquan Manor to me intact, and I will let you and your maids live. What do you say?”
Hongmei told me that your steward Qu had installed many traps and hidden weapons in the manor. As long as you shut down the traps and hidden weapons and hand the manor over to me, I will still make you a princess after the Tatars take over the Great Qi, and I will ensure you live a life of luxury.
If you remain stubborn, then you beautiful young ladies will perish right here.
However, if you fall into the hands of my Tatar cavalry, your deaths as girls may not be very pleasant.
Even if you're incredibly capable, you're only useful while you're alive. Once you're dead, you're nothing, right?
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