The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 538: Ghost General
Chapter 538: Ghost-faced General
The firelight illuminated Xiao Rongyan’s angular facial features. There was sweat on the tip of his nose, and his dark eyes reflected the warm yellow firelight, making his eyes look even colder and more solemn.
Xiao Rongyan’s eyes fell on the general who was riding a dark horse behind the Rongdi Heavy Shield Camp, wearing a ghost mask with a green face and fangs, and dressed in Rongdi clothes.
If Xiao Rongyan remembered correctly, that person was the new Ghost-faced General who had emerged from Nanrong.
The Ghost-faced General was not of noble birth. During a hunting expedition of the King of Nanrong, he was saved by the Ghost-faced General, who was still a slave. He then became the personal guard of the King of Nanrong and later a general.
Xiao Rongyan held the long sword in one hand and pulled Princess Mingcheng’s arm with the other, protecting her behind his back. Seeing that the Yan army and the secret guards he brought were defeated, Xiao Rongyan gritted his teeth and said, “Get off the car! Follow me closely!”
Princess Mingcheng nodded and tightly grasped the purse embroidered with twin lotus flowers in her hand, as if the purse was the source of all her strength.
As he pulled Princess Mingcheng out of the carriage that was hit by the rocket, he saw the ghost-faced general with his bow and arrow pointed in the direction of Xiao Rongyan, and he took aim and shot.
An arrow with a cold glow came through the air. Xiao Rongyan pushed Princess Mingcheng. The arrow grazed Xiao Rongyan’s cheek with blood and went straight into the wooden board, making a buzzing sound.
“Princess!” screamed the maid in the carriage.
Xiao Rongyan didn’t have time to think about it. He held Princess Mingcheng’s head with one hand and protected her as she jumped off the carriage.
As soon as the two jumped off the carriage, Princess Mingcheng, who was protected by Xiao Rongyan, suddenly fell to the ground…
Xiao Rongyan looked back and saw blood gushing out of Princess Mingcheng’s neck. It turned out that the feather arrow of the Ghost-faced General… after brushing against Xiao Rongyan’s cheek, it passed through Princess Mingcheng’s neck. The arrow was so sharp that it cut off the veins in Princess Mingcheng’s neck. The maid’s scream just now was due to the blood gushing out of Princess Mingcheng’s neck.
“Princess Mingcheng!” Xiao Rongyan knelt down, tore open his clothes, and used them to press tightly against the wound on Princess Mingcheng’s neck.
Princess Mingcheng was wearing a fiery red dress with blood soaking into it, making it impossible to tell how much blood had been shed.
She held a purse tightly in her hand and raised it high to show Xiao Rongyan. She grabbed Xiao Rongyan’s wrist with her other hand, which was covered in blood. She opened her mouth to say something to Xiao Rongyan, but blood kept oozing out of her mouth.
Xiao Rongyan’s eyes were bloodshot, and he held Princess Mingcheng’s bleeding neck with both hands, not daring to let go. He didn’t care about hiding his identity, and he gritted his teeth and said, “He is still waiting for you, you must hold on!”
She managed to escape from the carriage, and the maid kneeling beside her was crying out of breath, calling out “Princess” over and over again.
Yue Shi, covered in blood, led his men back to Xiao Rongyan’s side. He glanced at Princess Mingcheng, who was probably beyond rescue, and clutched his chest tightly, using his sword to support his body. He said, “Master! I can’t hold on any longer! The Nanrong people are numerous and powerful. If we delay any longer… we won’t be able to escape! My brothers and I will risk our lives to carve out a bloody path for you!”
As soon as Yue Shi finished speaking, the Nanrong soldiers broke through the defense and rushed towards the carriage.
The ghost-faced general had already dismounted and was charging in this direction with a sword in hand, as if he was determined to capture Princess Mingcheng alive. His swordsmanship was clean and neat, and his sword moves were ruthless. With the cold light and shadow of the sword, he would definitely take someone’s life. His sword skills were completely not those of the Rongdi.
The Rongdi and Xiliang people were accustomed to using knives or scimitars, while the Jin and Yan people were good at using swords.
Not only did they use swords, but even their way of marching and fighting was different from the Rongdi people’s previous habits. The army’s movements were very methodical, and they even used heavy shields, which the Rongdi army would never use before.
Seeing that the ghost-faced general was about to lead his men to kill him, Yue Shi was so anxious that veins popped out on his forehead: “Master! We can’t delay any longer!”
But Xiao Rongyan was unwilling to abandon Princess Mingcheng just like that.
Xiao Rongyan looked at the maid who was crying “Your Highness” and said, “Come here and hold the princess’ neck!”
The maid used her hands and feet, knelt down and crawled in front of Xiao Rongyan, pressing Princess Mingcheng’s neck hard.
Xiao Rongyan carried Princess Mingcheng up, and the maidservant hurriedly followed suit.
“Let’s go!” Xiao Rongyan said loudly.
Yue Shi protected Xiao Rongyan as he retreated, but he felt a cold arrow flying towards him from behind. He turned around and tried to block it with the sword in his hand, but the arrow pierced his right shoulder.
The force was so great that Yue Shi almost staggered and fell.
Yue Shi raised his bloodshot eyes to the ghost-faced general holding the bow and arrow. He tore open the hem of his clothes and bit it in his mouth to pull out the arrow. He gritted his teeth to prevent himself from shouting, but his face turned red. He quickly bandaged the wound with his clothes and shouted, “Protect the master and leave!”
After shouting, Yue Shi rushed forward with the determination to die, and fought with the successive soldiers of Nanrong with his brute force.
Just as the fierce soldiers of the Southern Rong surrounded Yue Shi and were about to take his head with their swords, a group of arrows suddenly rushed out from behind Yue Shi and pierced straight through the throat of the fierce soldier of the Southern Rong. The force was so great that the soldier fell to the ground.
Then, arrows came in droves like locusts, covering the sky and the moon, and rushed towards the Nanrong army.
Seeing this, the ghost-faced general opened his eyes wide and shouted in a hoarse voice that sounded like it was burned by fire: “Heavy shield!”
The Rongdi army gathered immediately, raised their heavy shields into the air to protect the Southern Rong soldiers under the shields and resist the rain of arrows.
“Archers, get ready!” shouted the deputy general beside the Ghost-faced General.
The archers who were crouching and hiding directly under the heavy shields were ready immediately, waiting for the rain of arrows to pass and the heavy shields to fall, and then they would shoot in the direction of the rain of arrows.
Bai Qingyan rode his horse in the front, pulled out three feather arrows from the quiver behind him, drew a bow and shot, then pulled out two more. His speed was so fast that only the shadow of Bai Qingyan’s bare hands could be seen on the bumpy horse’s back.
Yue Shi looked at the Nanrong soldier lying on the ground beside him and turned back…
In the west where only a ray of afterglow remained, on the endless grassland, a team of light cavalry appeared from somewhere. The one leading them, wearing silver armor, riding on a galloping white horse, drawing a bow and shooting arrows, was none other than the eldest daughter of the Bai family in the capital city… Bai Qingyan!
“Miss Bai!” Yue Shi opened his eyes wide and couldn’t help but shout excitedly!
Hearing this, Xiao Rongyan raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the rain of arrows. His pupils trembled. Why is Bai Qingyan here? !
In the former palace of Shu Kingdom, there was a woman in silver armor and a fluttering cloak, who seemed to overlap with the woman riding a horse in front of him, galloping wildly in the endless grassland.
She sits firmly on a galloping horse, drawing her bow and arrow, looking heroic, with her red cloak fluttering and an aggressive aura. Even before she arrives, the murderous aura is already there.
Following behind him was a thousand light cavalrymen, riding their horses across the battlefield, with great momentum.
Dong Changlan followed closely behind Bai Qingyan. After the first round of arrows were shot, he raised his hand again and shouted, “Bowmen, get ready! Fire!”
Come! Ghost-faced General! Can you guess who it is? ! If you guessed it, please vote for me! …