Seeing the Hu people closing in, Yun Kang had no time to grieve. He raised his knife and fought desperately, his body covered in the blood of the Hu people.
There were simply too many Hu people surging up at him. He was wounded in many places, and as he bled, he was beginning to falter.
Yun Zhenchuan, who was not far away, was the weakest in martial arts. Just as his strength was gradually failing, the Hu man seized the opportunity and slashed him in the back with his knife.
Yun Zhenchuan screamed and fell to the ground. The Hu people approached step by step, and he struggled to get up.
"father!"
Yun Kangfei rushed forward to deal with the Hu man, helped Yun Zhenchuan up, and was helpless when he saw the deep, bleeding wound on his back that exposed bone.
"Father, how are you?" Yun Kang couldn't help but tremble all over.
Yun Zhenchuan smiled at him, about to speak, but suddenly pulled him away, facing the Hu man's knife head-on.
Yun Kang turned around, his eyes wide with fury, and saw a long spear pinning Yun Zhenchuan to the ground.
His eyes were filled with terror and grief. With trembling hands, he mustered all his strength, gripped his blood-stained longsword, and stepped forward, slicing the cavalryman and his horse off.
After dealing with the surrounding Hu people, a large pool of blood had flowed out beneath Yun Zhenchuan. His eyes were wide open, devoid of light, and his face was filled with pain and resentment.
Tears blurred Yun Kang's vision, and a desperate roar escaped his throat, "Father!"
Yun Shiyi and his group had to deal with several Hu soldiers at the same time. They were covered in wounds, big and small, and everyone was exhausted, but they were still gritting their teeth and persevering.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
The sound of arrows piercing the air rang in everyone's ears, followed by a series of cold, metallic whiffs as they brushed past them, piercing the bodies of the Hu people with lightning speed and unstoppable force.
The Hu people who were hit by arrows fell to the ground one after another.
Everyone's attention was drawn to them, their hearts raced, and a glimmer of hope gradually appeared on their exhausted faces.
"Kill! Brothers, our reinforcements have arrived!" Yun Shiyi shouted.
Everyone instantly recovered fully.
The sound of horses' hooves, like thunderous war drums, reached everyone's ears, making the earth tremble slightly.
Immediately afterwards, at the end of the path, a troop of cavalry appeared in the faint light of dawn.
Banners fluttered in the wind, and the commander's flag bore a large character "Lin".
Yun Shiyi was shocked. It wasn't Second Master Yun who led the group, but Madam!
The person who arrived was none other than Lin Yinan!
After meeting with the fleeing civilians, she led five hundred cavalrymen to their aid.
The five hundred cavalrymen of Longtan descended like gods, quickly joining the battlefield and continuously reaping the heads of the Hu people.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the rest of the soldiers abandoned their companions and ran away.
Lin Yi'an and Lu Changqing drew their bows and shot several arrows, all of which missed. Just as the two were about to spur their horses to give chase, Lin Yinan stopped them in time.
"The main force of the Hu people is in Nanzhou Prefecture. Quickly take the wounded and leave. This place is not safe to stay for long."
Lin Yinan glanced at the crowd but couldn't see Yun Mo. Her heart sank, and she felt like she had hit rock bottom.
"Eleven, where is Yun Mo?" She looked at Yun Eleven.
Everyone fell silent and looked at Yun Shiyi.
Yun Shiyi lowered her head, looking as if she had done something wrong, and said in a hoarse voice, "The city has fallen. Our master led men to cover the retreat, and we didn't see him come out."
With 100,000 Hu troops breaching the city, Yunmo would likely have no chance of escape.
Lin Yinan knew that now was not the time to dwell on this.
"Pack up, let's get out of here!"
At her command, the cavalrymen readily offered their horses to the wounded soldiers.
They also found more than twenty Hu people's horses in the fields on both sides of the road.
The army was stationed outside a county town on the only route from Nanzhou Prefecture to Longtan, about twenty or thirty miles from the city of Nanzhou Prefecture. The area was mountainous and the roads were narrow, making it an easy place to defend and difficult to attack.
As soon as Lin Yinan led the cavalry into the mountain road, he had someone release a signal, and Yun Yi and Yun San, who were hiding in the shadows, came out.
"Madam!" The two men bowed to her.
"We'll discuss this in detail when we get back." Lin Yinan nodded slightly.
Back at the camp, Doctor Lü and Yun Wu, along with the military medics, bandaged the wounds of the injured.
Upon learning of Yun Zhenchuan's death, Wang rushed forward like a madwoman, embracing his body and wailing uncontrollably.
After crying for a while, she rushed to Yun Kang and punched him hard.
"It's all your fault! It's all your fault! If it weren't for your master, he wouldn't have died!"
Yun Kang was already injured, and then he watched helplessly as Yun Zhenchuan and Yun Xiaobei died trying to save him. He could no longer bear it, and he spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.
Lin Yinan came over, intending to offer some words of comfort, after all, this was Yun Mo's second uncle.
To everyone's surprise, Madam Wang suddenly lost her mind and even blamed her, saying, "Are all the men of the Yun family dead? What are you, a woman, doing here? If you had come sooner, the master wouldn't have died!"
Lin Yinan stood there without saying a word, her gaze gradually turning cold.
Although Yun Jing was grieving for his father's death, he was also helpless about his mother's unreasonable behavior. He believed that his mother was unable to accept the news of his father's death so quickly.
"Lord Lin, my mother..."
Lin Yinan raised her hand to stop him, her voice cold and distant, "My husband has disappeared without a trace, neither alive nor dead. I won't say anything more. Will you stay here temporarily, or take your mother and family to Dragon Pool?"
"Then I'll send a team to take you there."
Yun Jing knew that the war was intense and that it was a critical time to use people. Lin Yinan was not an ordinary woman who followed the rules, so she politely declined her offer.
"There are already many servants in the household, so there's no need to trouble them."
Since that was the case, Lin Yinan didn't insist. She glanced at Aunt Kong behind her, who seemed to want to say something but hesitated, and then turned and left.
With so many lives on her shoulders, and so many other things to do, she had no time to waste with Wang Shi.
Back in the tent, Yun Shiyi, Yun Si, and Yun Qi's wounds had been bandaged. They had all suffered external injuries, and once the bleeding was stopped with medicine, they were fine.
Lin Yinan came in, and the group of people immediately knelt on the ground.
"We failed to protect our master; please punish us, Madam!"
Lin Yinan helped the person up and asked, "Tell me about what happened. How did the city wall suddenly break down?"
Yun Qi was on the city wall at the time, and he told him everything he knew.
"You mean Yu Shida used two boxes of explosives to blow open the city gate?" Lin Yinan looked at Yun Qi in confusion.
"That's right. They detonated the explosives in the box under the cover of catapults and a hail of arrows. Yun Er's eyes were injured by shrapnel from the explosion."
Lin Yinan thought to himself, it seems that Yu Shida has mastered the method of making explosives, this person cannot be allowed to live.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Yun Shiyi said, "Madam, why don't we sneak in tonight and rescue our master and the rest of our brothers!"
"No, they already know our reinforcements have arrived, and they will definitely strengthen their defenses. Going there now would be suicide. We need to think this through carefully."
Lin Yinan refused without even thinking.
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