The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 629: guard the east gate
Chapter 629: Guarding the East Gate
Xiao Rongyan clenched his fists, turned around and bowed to Lupin, saying, “Guard Lu, please send someone to secretly monitor the four gates of the palace immediately. If there is any unusual movement at these four gates… report it to Miss Yu Bai in time!”
Lupin could see that this Mr. Xiao was probably no simple person, but since Mr. Xiao was here for the Bai family and he was also trusted by the eldest girl, Lupin responded without hesitation.
General Xiao Wang led his troops in pursuit, and after chasing through several alleys, he realized that Bai Qingyan was not trying to leave the city, but to go to the Prince’s Mansion!
The Prince’s Mansion is surrounded by people from the patrol camp. It is unknown whether they can kill Bai Qingyan if they go over, and it will also consume their own troops.
After realizing what was happening, General Xiao Wang reluctantly reined in his horse and raised his hand to signal the soldiers to stop. As long as the Princess did not leave the capital, there would be no threat without soldiers.
The important thing now is to guard the four gates of Dadu City and never let Princess Zhenguo go out. He understands this, and Prince Xin’s people understand it even better.
Since there is no way to kill Bai Qingyan right now, it is better to go back and preserve your strength before he is exposed. Wait until Prince Xin and the Crown Prince’s troops are almost depleted before taking action!
General Xiao Wang covered the arrow wound that was bleeding and gritted his teeth and said, “Send someone to pass the order and ask the soldiers heading to the east gate to withdraw.”
Having said that, General Xiao Wang turned his horse around and walked back.
Today, the streets of the metropolis are deserted and people are hiding in their homes to avoid unnecessary disasters.
The long street that was usually bustling with people was now deserted. It was not even dawn yet… The houses were even darker, but ordinary people and merchants did not dare to light up the lights.
Especially after the shouts and sounds of weapons clashing came from the direction of the imperial palace, the east gate was suddenly filled with deafening cries of killing. Many ordinary people, with their wives and children, huddled together, too frightened to even breathe, for fear of making any noise and incurring the wrath of the soldiers.
How come this day in the capital city…it changed so suddenly?
No one knows who is causing the trouble, and no one knows whether the winner will start a massacre after the outcome is decided, even sparing ordinary people.
General Xiao Wang was pale due to blood loss, and before he could lead his troops back, he heard that… the Nandu Army he sent to block Bai Qingyan at the east gate of Dadu City was fighting with the defending troops, and asked General Xiao Wang to go and reinforce them.
Originally, Prince Xian received news that Prince Xin’s men had already taken control of the four gates of the capital city. After all… Prince Xin had to guard against the 20,000 soldiers from the Anping camp, so the people sent by General Xiao Wang disguised themselves as Prince Xin’s men.
But they never expected that the prince’s men had already replaced Prince Xin’s men quietly. When they heard that it was Prince Xin’s men who were blocking Princess Zhenguo here, the city guard general said nothing, led his troops downstairs, chopped off the head of General Xiao Wang’s deputy general with one knife, and ordered the army guarding the East Gate to capture the rebel, and a fight broke out at the East Gate immediately.
When General Xiao Wang heard this, he thought to himself that it was not good…
If any soldiers from the Nandu Army were captured alive, there would surely be some spineless people who would betray Prince Xian. General Xiao Wang gritted his teeth and led a hundred archers to rush towards the east gate.
From afar, one could see broken limbs and corpses strewn all over the ground outside the East Gate, the clashing of swords, sparks flying, and the sounds of killing and screaming mixed together.
Seeing that the Nandu Army was being surrounded by the city defenders, General Xiao Wang gritted his teeth and shouted, “Archers, get ready!”
The archers immediately stopped, put arrows on their bows and drew their bows in an orderly manner, heading towards the east gate…
The general defending the city was no pushover. He had been on guard since he saw those soldiers coming with ill intentions. Now that he saw the newcomers were drawing their bows and arrows, ready to kill them all, he shouted, “Retreat! Prepare your heavy shields! Prepare your archers!”
“General!” The soldiers around General Xiao Wang exclaimed, “Our Nandu Army brothers are still there!”
General Xiao Wang turned a deaf ear to him, his eyes bloodshot, and shouted loudly: “Shoot!”
If they cannot be rescued, they will all be shot to death. No one should be left alive so that no one can be used to hold them responsible and expose the King’s plan in advance.
The defending army retreated quickly. When the Nandu army saw General Xiao Wang coming, they thought he was coming to rescue them. As soon as the defending army retreated, they immediately ran towards General Xiao Wang. However, what greeted them… was arrows piercing their chests from their own comrades.
The defenders who didn’t have time to hide behind the heavy shields were also shot. After falling to the ground, they endured the pain and crawled back behind the heavy shields.
After the first batch of Nandu Army archers released their arrows, the second batch drew their bows and arrows and stepped forward…
General Xiao Wang finally couldn’t bear it anymore, raised his hands high, clenched his fists, and shouted to the Nandu Army who were standing there and didn’t dare to move forward: “What are you still standing there for! Retreat!”
The Nandu Army finally came to their senses and hurriedly ran towards General Xiao Wang.
The archer crouched behind the heavy shield, arrows on the bow…
The general guarding the city looked at General Xiao Wang, but he didn’t recognize which general among the imperial guards he was, so he shouted, “Shoot!”
At the command, the archers suddenly stood up from behind their heavy shields and shot arrows towards the fleeing Nandu Army.
The screams echoed across the capital city…the sky was gloomy and dark with heavy clouds rolling.
Seeing this, General Xiao Wang turned his horse around and said, “Everyone who is still alive, follow me! Run!”
After saying this, he led the Nando Army to flee into the alley.
Under the tower, someone asked the general guarding the city: “General, should we chase them?”
The general guarding the city shook his head and said, “Our first task is to defend the East Gate. Prince Xin’s men have escaped, and there may be a tough battle in a while! Send a team to clean up the battlefield and see if there are any alive. If there are any alive, capture them, and then they will be evidence of Prince Xin’s rebellion! The rest of you go up to the tower and prepare your bows and arrows!”
“yes!”
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When Bai Qingyan arrived at the Prince’s Mansion, the patrol battalion had sealed off the area surrounding the mansion, vowing to protect the Prince’s safety. Fan Yuhuai stood at the door of the mansion like a door god, holding the sword at his waist.
Hearing the sound of horse hooves approaching from afar, Fan Yuhuai immediately ordered the archers to prepare.
When he saw clearly that the person surrounded by nine guards holding torches was Bai Qingyan in military uniform, Fan Yuhuai immediately had his bows and arrows put away, walked down the high steps, and bowed to Bai Qingyan: “Greetings, Princess Zhenguo!”
Fan Yuhuai felt that the entrance to the Prince’s Mansion was not the place to talk. He also knew that Bai Qingyan was now considered the Prince’s confidant. When something happened, it was Bai Qingyan who escorted the Prince all the way back from Dengzhou.
Fan Yuhuai invited Bai Qingyan into the Prince’s Palace.
Before the prince left, he sent people to the Bai Mansion to inform Bai Qingyan to leave the city from the east gate immediately and bring 20,000 Dengzhou troops into the city to rescue him. Fan Yuhuai saw Bai Qingyan here so soon, probably because he had missed the person sent by the prince to deliver the message.
Bai Qingyan jumped off the horse and bowed to Fan Yuhuai with the hand holding the black gold whip: “Bai Qingyan wants to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!”
As soon as he entered the Prince’s Mansion, Fan Yuhuai lowered his voice and said to Bai Qing: “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has entered the palace!”
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