bestfiction Chapter 230 The Lifesaving Millet Pearl
Chapter 230 The Lifesaving Millet Pearl
Nangong Wenrui was left alone outside the city to face the enemy. Wen Yuxia was getting restless. She had just said that she wouldn't go to the city wall to watch the battle unless General Yang invited her. She left the four Bei Yi sisters to guard the grain carts and led the others towards the city gate.
Wen Yuxia appeared on the city wall, and the soldiers on the wall all looked at her in surprise. A woman, a woman has climbed the city wall!
"It's over! General Yang will definitely use her as a sacrifice for his flag!" General Yang's personal guards, hearing the soldiers' exclamations, turned around and saw Wen Yuxia. "General, the princess has arrived!"
General Yang, his eyes wide with rage, was about to unleash his fury on Wen Yuxia when he saw the Nangong family's guards leaping over the city wall like dumplings being dropped into boiling water. Nan Yi and his men followed suit.
General Yang had forgotten about Wen Yuxia's existence. He peered down from the wall and saw the men who had jumped down rushing towards Nangong Wenrui with reckless abandon.
"The Marquis is safe for now," General Yang breathed a sigh of relief. If Nangong Wenrui hadn't decisively jumped off the city wall to stop the enemy troops ramming the city gate, the gate would have been breached long ago.
Wen Yuxia said coldly, "General Yang, are you just going to stand by and watch the Marquis of Zhennan fight alone outside?" General Yang replied somewhat awkwardly, "The city walls are too high; the soldiers can't jump down, and I dare not open the city gates..."
Of all the formidable passes, he was the only one capable of leaping down the six-zhang-high city wall, but as the commander-in-chief of the pass, he dared not take the risk lightly.
His explanation was reasonable, so Wen Yuxia didn't dwell on it. She looked into the distance, then grabbed a bow and arrow from a nearby soldier, aimed at the man riding a tall horse in the distance, and fired three arrows in quick succession.
Gu Xiao, who was watching the battle at the city gate, never expected that someone would be able to shoot an arrow from the city wall right in front of him. He heard the sound of the arrow cutting through the wind.
Gu Xiao dodged the first arrow by tilting his head, the second arrow grazed his scalp, and the third arrow came straight at him. Gu Xiao scrambled off his horse, narrowly avoiding all three arrows, and then turned back to glare fiercely at the city wall.
Too far away, Wen Yuxia stopped paying attention to Gu Xiao after shooting three arrows and turned to quickly draw her bow and shoot arrows at the soldiers besieging Nangong Wenrui and the others.
Wen Yuxia was very close to the city gate, and her arrows never missed their mark. Every arrow hit the enemy soldiers accurately, relieving a lot of pressure on Nangong Wenrui and the others.
At this moment, Gu Xiao returned to his horse and said in a deep voice, "Send more men; make sure to keep those people outside the city here."
"Yes, sir."
The deputy general beside Gu Xiao led a squad of soldiers and quickly ran towards Nangong Wenrui and the others. This squad of soldiers was fully armed from head to toe and was not afraid of the arrows shot down from the city wall.
General Yang also saw through the enemy's intentions. He shouted loudly, "Princess, the Marquis is in danger! Quickly find a way to open a passage back to the city for him!"
Wen Yuxia didn't care about the safety of Nangong Wenrui and the others at all. She knew that Nangong Wenrui would naturally find a way to bring Nan Yi and the others back to the city after nightfall.
The current task is to hold off the enemy and lighten the burden on Nangong Wenrui and the others. "Send archers over to help," Wen Yuxia calmly ordered while firing her guns.
General Yang quickly ordered someone to summon archers. Wen Yuxia instructed the archers to concentrate their fire on the fully armed enemy troops, thus hindering their advance.
With several hours still to go before nightfall, Wen Yuxia was worried that Nangong Wenrui and his men would be worn down by the enemy's relentless attacks. She instructed General Yang again, "Prepare ropes, and when the opportunity arises, lower them down to pull them out."
Seeing the soldiers tying ropes to the battlements, Nangong Wenrui immediately understood General Yang's plan and whispered to Nan Yi beside him, "Pass the word down: try to get as close as possible to the outside of the city walls on both sides of the city gate, and find an opportunity to return to the city."
After relaying Nangong Wenrui's orders, Nan Yi returned to Nangong Wenrui's side, her voice tinged with stubbornness, "Young Master, you go first."
Nangong Wenrui glanced at him helplessly, then at the Nangong family guards who had shielded him from the bullets. He knew that if he didn't leave, these people wouldn't leave either.
“Alright,” Nangong Wenrui readily agreed, then moved towards the city wall. Nan Yi and the surrounding guards followed him, rushing towards the wall.
"I'll go up first, you guys be careful," Nangong Wenrui leaped up, using both feet to gain leverage on the city wall, and in a few bounds, he was back on the wall.
Nangong Wenrui returned to the city. The Nangong family's guards began climbing up the city wall, using ropes. Nan Yi, Nan San, Nan Si, and Nan Liu successfully made their way back to the foot of the city wall.
Seeing Nan Er, Nan Wu, and Nan Qi trapped by the enemy in the distance, they lingered for a long time, unwilling to leave. Finally, the four exchanged a glance, turned, and charged towards the enemy.
Seeing this, the Nangong family guards, who had not yet grabbed the rope, tacitly split into two groups. One group followed Nan Yi and his men and charged towards the enemy, while the other group stayed behind to guard the rope.
Thanks to the relentless fighting style of Nan Yi and his men, Nan Er, Nan Wu, and Nan Qi finally made it back to the city wall. Looking at the five Nangong family guards lying dead beside them...
Nan Yi said guiltily, "I'm sorry."
The captain of the Nangong family's guards said in a deep voice, "You all go first, don't dawdle."
The seven Nan brothers left the city for Nangong Wenrui. As guards of the Nangong family, the captain of the guards believed they had a duty to rescue Nan Er, Nan Wu, and Nan Qi.
Covered in blood, Nan Qi didn't even have the strength to grip the rope. He said weakly, "You guys go, don't worry about me."
"Don't speak," Nan Yi said, her eyes red as she picked up Nan Qi. Nan Er quickly stepped forward and tied Nan Qi up tightly with ropes, then looked up and waved to the soldiers on the city wall.
With tears in her eyes, Wen Yuxia on the city wall shot arrows one after another towards the outside of the city. Nangong Wenrui and the guards who had returned to the city wall were not idle either, taking the bows and arrows from the soldiers.
General Yang was momentarily stunned as he watched Wen Yuxia continue drawing her bow and shooting arrows, then glanced at the archer sitting on the ground rubbing his arms. The burly archer was no match for the petite and delicate Wen Yuxia.
Nan Qi was pulled up, and Wen Yuxia took a moment to glance at him and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
Nan Qi said with difficulty, "It's nothing," and then collapsed to the ground with a thud. General Yang quickly ordered the soldiers to carry Nan Qi away for treatment.
Outside the city, Gu Xiao watched as Nangong Wenrui and his men returned to the city wall. He glared angrily at the crowd on the wall and said hatefully, "Withdraw!" The drums sounded, and the Wu soldiers slowly retreated.
In this battle, 30 of the Nangong family's 200 guards died, 3 were seriously injured, and 25 were slightly injured. All seven Nan brothers had knife wounds, with Nan Qi being the most seriously injured and still unconscious.
After discussing it with Nangong Wenrui, Wen Yuxia decided to take out a millet bead to heal Nan Qi and the three seriously injured guards.